Mortality from underestimated blood transfusion reactions
Journal Title: Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής - Year 2012, Vol 29, Issue 6
Abstract
As the risk of allogeneic blood transfusion transmitted viruses has been reduced to impressively low levels, scientific efforts have been concentrated on the residual mortality risk from other side-effects of transfusion such as hemolytic reactions, transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), sepsis and transfusion associated cardiac overload. Recent data on complications related to mortality which are not reported to hemovigilance systems are not, however, clearly attributable to transfusion. This is a report of new research programs which are expected to significantly increase knowledge regarding the effectiveness of current transfusion strategies and lead to the development of new strategies, resulting in cost benefit optimization of transfusion practices for the patient.
Authors and Affiliations
G. GAFOU, N. VGONTZA, V. TSAGARI, C. VENETI, A. ARGYROU
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