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Storage Duration of Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Within Person Comparison

OBJECTIVE: Randomized controlled trials demonstrated that red blood cell (RBC) transfusion elevates the risk of infection, and trials are underway to evaluate whether RBC storage affects outcomes. We previously reported that transfusion predicts Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and, therefore,...

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Autores principales: Rogers, Mary A. M., Micic, Dejan, Blumberg, Neil, Young, Vincent B., Aronoff, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089332