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Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with a gene transcription profile characteristic of immunosuppression: a prospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Blood transfusion in the perioperative period has frequently been associated with an excess of nosocomial infections. Whilst transfused whole blood induces specific host immune alteration that may predispose to nosocomial infections, the immunomodulating properties associated with leuk...

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Autores principales: Fragkou, Paraskevi C, Torrance, Hew D, Pearse, Rupert M, Ackland, Gareth L, Prowle, John R, Owen, Helen C, Hinds, Charles J, O’Dwyer, Michael J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25270110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0541-x