Massive transfusion (MT) is a lifesaving treatment of hemorrhagic shock, but can be
associated with significant complications. The lethal triad of acidosis, hypothermia, and …

As infectious complications from blood transfusion have decreased because of improved
donor questionnaires and sophisticated infectious disease blood screening, noninfectious …

Background—Red blood cell transfusion can both benefit and harm. To inform decisions
about transfusion, we aimed to quantify associations of transfusion with clinical outcomes …

Red blood cell (RBC) hemolysis has been reported in units of RBC for transfusion. This has
significant clinical implications for transfused patients because the free hemoglobin …

Mechanical circulatory assist devices (MCADs) are increasingly utilized independently of
cardiac transplantation in the management of heart failure. Though MCAD use incorporates …

The use of intraoperative cell salvage and autologous blood transfusion has become an
important method of blood conservation. The main aim of autologous transfusion is to …

Background. It is known that the age of transfused blood is a risk factor for the development
of multiple organ failure in surgical patients. However, the character of hemorrheological …

Polymer-induced red blood cell (RBC) aggregation is of current basic science and clinical
interest, and a depletion-mediated model for this phenomenon has been suggested; to date …

summary Erythrocyte transfusion is essential in conditions of large blood loss, of inadequate
bone marrow production and of increased erythrocyte breakdown. The structural and …

BACKGROUND: Exposure to red blood cell (RBC) transfusions has been associated with
increased mortality after cardiac surgery. We examined long-term survival for cardiac …