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Pulmonary complications of transfusion: Changes, challenges, and future directions
Author(s) -
Grey Sharran,
BoltonMaggs Paula
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1365-3148
pISSN - 0958-7578
DOI - 10.1111/tme.12709
Subject(s) - intensive care medicine , medicine , transfusion related acute lung injury , key (lock) , lung , computer science , computer security , pulmonary edema
The pulmonary complications of transfusion (TACO, TRALI and TAD) are the leading cause of transfusion‐related mortality and major morbidity. Advance in this area is essential in improving transfusion safety. This review describes the drivers for change in haemovigilance practice, the influence of recent key publications and future directions.