| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3243015 | Injury | 2006 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Trauma patients are heavily transfused with allogeneic blood throughout the course of their hospital stay and transfusions are administered at relatively high pre-transfusion haemoglobin levels (mean of 9Â g/dL). Transfusion of >4 units of blood is an independent risk factor for SIRS. Strategies to limit blood transfusions should be investigated in this population.
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Authors
Elizabeth Beale, Jay Zhu, Linda Chan, Ira Shulman, Robert Harwood, Demetrios Demetriades,