Can we be certain that storage duration of transfused red blood cells does not affect patient outcomes?

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Department of Haematology, NHS Blood and Transplant/Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital; Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Oxford BRC Haematology Theme, Oxford, UK.
³ Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.

Marialena Trivella et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 2019 Jun 11:365:l2320.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2320.

¹ Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Department of Haematology, NHS Blood and Transplant/Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital; Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Oxford BRC Haematology Theme, Oxford, UK.
³ Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.

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Transfusing fresh red blood cells might be dangerous.
Blumberg N. Blumberg N. BMJ. 2019 Aug 5;366:l4968. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4968. BMJ. 2019. PMID: 31383638 No abstract available.