title: A proposal for an individual patient data based meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of allogeneic transfusion and postoperative bacterial infection.
authors.affiliation: Blood Transfusion Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Vamvakas
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Blajchman
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic