| Literature DB >> 6103440 |
K A Williams, A Ting, M E French, D Oliver, P J Morris.
Abstract
The effect of peroperative transfusion was studied in 27 patients who had never had a blood-transfusion or been pregnant and who were receiving their first cadaver renal allograft. 13 patients in the treatment group were given 2 units of whole stored blood at transplantation, whereas 14 patients in the control group were given no blood. Actuarial analysis after 2 years showed a graft survival of 85% at 1 year in the treated group compared with 34% at 1 year in the control group (p = 0.03). Transfusion of non-transfused patients during transplantation may be as effective as pregraft transfusion.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6103440 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)91553-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321