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Intraoperative Transfusion of Red Blood Cell Units Stored >14 Days is Associated with an Increased Risk of Prosthetic Joint Infection

Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between prosthetic joint infection (PJI) after joint arthroplasty and the length of red blood cell (RBC) storage, timing of RBC transfusion, and the number of RBC units transfused. Study design and Methods: All patients who und...

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Autores principales: Tornero, Eduard, Pereira, Arturo, Basora, Misericordia, Lozano, Luis, Morata, Laura, Muñoz-Mahamud, Ernesto, Combalia, Andreu, Soriano, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6470657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011513
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.30001