The effects of transfusion of frozen-thawed deglycerolized red cells on renal graft survival.
In patients that received transplants of cadaver kidneys, prior transfusion improves the prognosis for graft survival. Patients receiving frozen-thawed red cells have better 1-year survival rates than patients given other forms of red cells. The effect of prior transfusions is minimal in patients that recieved transplants of kidneys from living related donors.
D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002102:Cadaver; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005615:Freezing; D005990:Glycerol; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D005990:Glycerol