Transfusion
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Effect of WBC reduction of transfused RBCs on postoperative infection rates in cardiac surgery.
WBC-replete blood transfusion has been suggested as an independent cause of increased postoperative infection. ⋯ No evidence has been found, analyzed by intention to treat, that use of WBC-reduced, BCD, or WCF RBCs reduces postoperative inpatient infection in patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery.