title: Transfusion premedications: a growing practice not based on evidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. atobian1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Aaron A R
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Tobian
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ness
mesh_terms: D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015994:Incidence; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D047589:Leukocyte Reduction Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D017713:Platelet Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D011292:Premedication / Q000266:history; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D018805:Sepsis / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control