Duration of Red-Cell Storage and Complications after Cardiac Surgery
- 20 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 358 (12), 1229-1239
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa070403
Abstract
Stored red cells undergo progressive structural and functional changes over time. We tested the hypothesis that serious complications and mortality after cardiac surgery are increased when transfused red cells are stored for more than 2 weeks.Keywords
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