Age of Transfused Blood in Critically Ill Adults

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Authors

Jacques Lacroix · Université du Québec à Montréal

Paul C. Hébert · Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

Dean Fergusson · University of Ottawa

Alan Tinmouth · University of Ottawa

Deborah J. Cook · McMaster University

John C. Marshall · University of Toronto

Lucy Clayton ·

Abstract

Transfusion of fresh red cells, as compared with standard-issue red cells, did not decrease the 90-day mortality among critically ill adults. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others; Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN44878718.).

Topics & Keywords

Blood transfusion and management Blood donation and transfusion practices Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 372, Issue 15, pp. 1410-1418

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1500704

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