Transfusion of red blood cells stored for shorter versus longer duration for all conditions

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Shah, Akshay ^a   Brunskill, Susan J ^b   Desborough, Michael ^c   Doree, Carolyn ^b   Trivella, Marialena ^a   Stanworth, Simon J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; BLOOD SAFETY; CHILD; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLE SIZE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TIME FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SAFETY; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85059038720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010801.pub3     Document Type: Review

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