Transfusion Risks / Hazards

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Date Published

Blood transfusions are associated with increased risk for development of sepsis in severely burned pediatric patients*

January 3, 2007

Emerging infectious diseases that threaten the blood supply.

January 1, 2007

Massive blood transfusion and outcome in 1062 polytrauma patients: a prospective study based on the Trauma Registry of the German Trauma Society.

January 1, 2007

Blood transfusion is an independent predictor of mortality after blunt trauma.

January 1, 2007

Transfusion-associated microchimerism: a new complication of blood transfusions in severely injured patients.

January 1, 2007

Pulmonary transfusion reactions.

January 1, 2007

Clinical presentation and pre-mortem diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with blood transfusion: a case report.

December 9, 2006

A third episode of transfusion-derived vCJD.

December 9, 2006

Allogeneic blood transfusions explain increased mortality in women after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

December 1, 2006

Risk indicators of morbidity and mortality in abdominal injuries.

December 1, 2006

Variable adhesion of different red blood cell products to activated vascular endothelium under flow conditions.

November 28, 2006

Postoperative infections after oesophageal resections: the role of blood transfusions.

November 21, 2006

Red cell transfusion is associated with an increased risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation.

November 1, 2006

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease – the availability of a screening test will be the beginning, not the end, of difficult transfusion-related issues.

November 1, 2006

Factors related to renal dysfunction after liver transplantation in patients with normal preoperative function

November 1, 2006

Impact of blood transfusions on outcome after pneumonectomy for thoracic malignancies.

November 1, 2006

Factors related to post-liver transplantation acute renal failure.

November 1, 2006

Clinical consequences of red cell storage in the critically ill.

November 1, 2006

Post-transfusion purpura: a challenging diagnosis.

October 1, 2006

Surgical site infection following bowel surgery: a retrospective analysis of 1446 patients.

October 1, 2006