The Bloody Transfusion Problem

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Center for Injury Science, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
² University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
³ Combat Casualty Care Research Program, US Army Medical Research and Development Command, Uniformed Service University of Health Sciences, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

John B Holcomb et al. JAMA. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 21;330(19):1839-1840.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.18959.

¹ Department of Surgery, Center for Injury Science, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
² University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
³ Combat Casualty Care Research Program, US Army Medical Research and Development Command, Uniformed Service University of Health Sciences, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint investigates supply and policy barriers to ready availability of blood products and suggests solutions to improve patient outcomes.