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• Washing red blood cells and platelets transfused in cardiac surgery reduces postoperative inflammation and number of transfusions: results of a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial.

  Cholette JM, Henrichs KF, Alfieris GM, Powers KS, Phipps R, Spinelli SL, Swartz M, Gensini F, Daugherty LE, Nazarian E, Rubenstein JS, Sweeney D, Eaton M, Lerner NB, Blumberg N. Cholette JM, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 May;13(3):290-9. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31822f173c. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012. PMID: 21926663 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.