Blood still kills: six strategies to further reduce allogeneic blood transfusion-related mortality.
Vamvakas
Eleftherios C
EC
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Vamvakase@cshs.org
Blajchman
Morris A
MA
D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000401:mortality* / Q000639:trends; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D046148:Donor Selection; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*