Research from Emory University School of Medicine in the Area of Blood Transfusion Described

2011 JUN 23 -- Researchers detail in "Insufficient nitric oxide bioavailability: a hypothesis to explain adverse effects of red blood cell transfusion," new data in Blood Transfusion. "While transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is effective at preventing morbidity and mortality in anemic patients, studies have indicated that some RBC components have functional defects ('RBC storage lesions') that may actually cause adverse events when transfused. For example, in some studies patients transfused with RBCs stored more than 14 days have had statistically worse outcomes than those receiving 'fresher' RBC units," scientists writing in the journal Transfusion report.

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