Red Blood Cell Transfusion

Known as: Erythrocyte Transfusions, Transfusion, Erythrocyte, transfusion of red blood cells 
The transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.
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Blood Component Transfusion
Transfusion of packed red blood cellslegislation & jurisprudencenursing therapystandards characteristics

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2007
Review
2007
Red blood cell transfusion in clinical practice
Every year, about 75 million units of blood are collected worldwide. Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is one of the few… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Microvascular response to red blood cell transfusion in patients with severe sepsis.
OBJECTIVES Microvascular alterations may play a role in the development of multiple organ failure in severe sepsis. The effects… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Morbidity and mortality risk associated with red blood cell and blood-component transfusion in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting.
OBJECTIVE Our objective was to quantify incremental risk associated with transfusion of packed red blood cells and other blood… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Randomized trial of liberal versus restrictive guidelines for red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants.
OBJECTIVE Although many centers have introduced more restrictive transfusion policies for preterm infants in recent years, the… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Effect of peri-operative red blood cell transfusion on 30-day and 1-year mortality following coronary artery bypass surgery.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of peri-operative red blood cell (RBC) transfusion on 30-day and 1… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Clinical predictors of and mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome: potential role of red cell transfusion.
OBJECTIVE Clinical predictors for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been studied in few prospective studies… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Impact of allogenic packed red blood cell transfusion on nosocomial infection rates in the critically ill patient.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether critically ill patients who receive allogenic packed red blood cell transfusions are at increased… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Blood transfusion in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND Anemia may have adverse effects in patients with coronary artery disease. However, the benefit of blood transfusion in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Severity of iron overload in patients with sickle cell disease receiving chronic red blood cell transfusion therapy.
Chronic transfusion therapy is being used more frequently to prevent and treat the complications of sickle cell disease. Previous… (More)
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Effect of stored-blood transfusion on oxygen delivery in patients with sepsis.
BACKGROUND Red blood cell transfusion is commonly used to augment systemic oxygen delivery to supranormal levels in patients with… (More)
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