Transfusion Risks / Hazards

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Date Published

The association between duration of storage of transfused red blood cells and morbidity and mortality after reoperative cardiac surgery.

July 1, 2006

Blood transfusion is associated with infection and increased resource utilization in combat casualties.

July 1, 2006

Potential impact of pandemic influenza on blood safety and availability.

July 1, 2006

An overview of prion biology and the role of blood filtration in reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease.

July 1, 2006

Diagnosis of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury: TRALI or Not TRALI?

June 30, 2006

Blood transfusions and postoperative infections in patients undergoing elective surgery.

June 30, 2006

Pulmonary Complications following Major Lung Resection for Benign and Malignant Lung Diseases.

June 30, 2006

Kuru in the 21st century–an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods.

June 24, 2006

Impact of Blood Transfusions on Recurrence and Survival After Rectal Cancer Surgery.

June 16, 2006

Soluble CD40 ligand accumulates in stored blood components, primes neutrophils through CD40, and is a potential cofactor in the development of transfusion-related acute lung injury.

June 13, 2006

TRALI in 2 Cases of Leukemia.

June 1, 2006

Commercial human albumin preparations for clinical use are immunosuppressive in vitro.

June 1, 2006

Toward zero pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy with pancreaticogastrostomy.

June 1, 2006

Fatal transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease in an immunocompetent recipient of a volunteer unit of red cells.

June 1, 2006

Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease: less fresh blood and more gray (Gy) for an aging population.

June 1, 2006

Risk factors for nosocomial primary bloodstream infection in pediatric intensive care unit patients: a 2-year prospective cohort study.

May 31, 2006

Massive transfusion as a risk factor for acute lung injury: Association or causation?

May 1, 2006

Transfusion in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Associated with Reduced Long-Term Survival.

May 1, 2006

Pneumonia as a complication of blood product transfusion in the critically ill: Transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM).

May 1, 2006

Predicting susceptibility and incubation time of human-to-human transmission of vCJD.

May 1, 2006