Open AccessRed Blood Cell Storage Duration Is Associated with Various Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Matthias Redlin,
Helmut Habazettl,
Helge Schoenfeld,
Marian Kukucka,
Wolfgang Boettcher,
Hermann Kuppe,
Abdulgabar Salama
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000357998
Subject(s) - medicine , fresh frozen plasma , leukoreduction , cardiac surgery , blood transfusion , prospective cohort study , surgery , anesthesia , odds ratio , red blood cell , platelet
Recommendations on the use of fresh red blood cells (RBCs) in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery are based on limited information. Furthermore, the RBC storage time cut-off of fresh units remains unknown.
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