SCCM: Old Blood Bad for Young Bodies (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 01/11/2010 - 15:28

MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- If blood used for transfusions is more than 14 days old, it appears to significantly increase the risk that critically ill pediatric patients will suffer multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, researchers said here.


 

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