Transfusion Medicine
Research from Hosp University has provided new information about transfusion medicine
Published in Blood Weekly, October 21st, 2010
"The objective was to determine if there is an association between red blood cell (RBC) storage time and development of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in critically ill children. This was an analytic cohort analysis of patients enrolled in a randomized controlled trial, TRIPICU (Transfusion Requirements in Pediatric Intensive Care Units; ISRCTN37246456), in which stable critically ill children were randomly assigned to a restrictive or liberal strategy," scientists in Montreal, Canada report.
"Transfused patients were analyzed using three different sliding time cutoffs (7, 14, and 21 days). Storage time for multiply transfused patients was...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-10-21)
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