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. 2025 Nov 24;29(1):503.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05737-5.

Pitfalls and paradoxes: blood transfusion in 5 public ICU databases

Merijn C Reuland  1 , Senta Jorinde Raasveld  2   3 , Dave A Dongelmans  2 , Paul W G Elbers  2 , Marcella C A Müller  2 , Alexander P J Vlaar  2
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Pitfalls and paradoxes: blood transfusion in 5 public ICU databases

Merijn C Reuland et al. Crit Care. .
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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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Proportion of blood component combinations during each ICU stay per dataset
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