Transfusion Medicine
Researchers from Cooper University report details of new studies and findings in the area of transfusion medicine
Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, November 12th, 2009
A new study, 'Microbiology, time course and clinical characteristics of infection in critically ill patients receiving packed red blood cell transfusion,' is now available. According to recent research from the United States, "Packed red blood cell transfusion has been associated with increased infection in a variety of critically ill patient populations. We evaluated the microbiology and time course of infection in transfused patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) as no data exist on these parameters."
"We performed a retrospective review of data for all patients admitted to a 24-bed medical-surgical ICU at Cooper University Hospital from July 2003 to September 2006...
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