Transfusion medicine
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Transfusion medicine · Aug 2013
Comparative Study Clinical TrialAnaemia and transfusion in nonagenarians undergoing emergency, non-traumatic surgery: a prospective observational study.
To characterise transfusion and determine its main predictors in nonagenarians undergoing non-elective, non-traumatic surgery. Simultaneously, we compared nonagenarians to a similar, but younger sample, as far as the transfusional policy is concerned. ⋯ The independent transfusion predictors in nonagenarians should be taken into account for cross-matching. Transfusional policy being similar between nonagenarians and third-aged patients; the differences in thresholds were due to the differences in the populations.
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Transfusion medicine · Aug 2013
Association of age and packed red blood cell transfusion to 1-year survival--an observational study of ICU patients.
To compare the 1-year survival for different age strata of intensive care unit (ICU) patients after receipt of packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions. ⋯ We found no significant interaction between receipt of red cell transfusion and age, as variables, and survival at 1 year as an outcome.