Transfusion of leukoreduced red blood cells may decrease postoperative infections: two meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 51 (5), 417-424
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03018302
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