Erschienen in:
Open Access
01.02.2011 | Poster presentation
Blood transfusion during cardiac surgery dose-dependently stimulates inflammation and coagulopathy in the lung: a case-control study
verfasst von:
PR Tuinman, AP Vlaar, AD Cornet, JJ Hofstra, M Levi, JC Meijers, A Beishuizen, MJ Schultz, JB Groeneveld, NP Juffermans
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Sonderheft 1/2011
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Excerpt
Blood transfusion is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery patients, but the cause and effect relation remains unknown. We hypothesized that blood transfusion is associated with changes in pulmonary and systemic inflammation and coagulopathy, occurring in patients who do not meet the clinical diagnosis of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). …