Duration of red blood cell storage and survival of transfused patients (CME)

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  • Gustaf Edgren
  • Kamper-Jørgensen, Mads
  • Sandra Eloranta
  • Klaus Rostgaard
  • Brian Custer
  • Henrik Ullum
  • Edward L Murphy
  • Michael P Busch
  • Marie Reilly
  • Mads Melbye
  • Henrik Hjalgrim
  • Olof Nyrén
Disquieting reports of increased complication and death rates after transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) stored for more than 14 days prompted us to perform an observational retrospective cohort study of mortality in relation to storage time.
Original languageEnglish
JournalTransfusion
Volume50
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1185-95
Number of pages11
ISSN0041-1132
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010

    Research areas

  • Blood Preservation, Databases, Factual, Denmark, Erythrocyte Transfusion, Female, Humans, Male, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sweden, Time Factors

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