Transfusion premedications: a growing practice not based on evidence

Transfusion. 2007 Jun;47(6):1089-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01242.x.

Authors

Aaron A R Tobian¹, Karen E King, Paul M Ness

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. atobian1@jhmi.edu

PMID: 17524101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01242.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Blood Group Incompatibility / complications
Blood Group Incompatibility / economics
Blood Group Incompatibility / history
Erythrocyte Transfusion / adverse effects*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / economics
Erythrocyte Transfusion / history
Evidence-Based Medicine
History, 20th Century
Humans
Hypersensitivity / economics
Hypersensitivity / etiology
Hypersensitivity / history
Hypersensitivity / prevention & control*
Incidence
Institutional Practice / economics
Institutional Practice / history
Institutional Practice / trends
Leukocyte Reduction Procedures* / economics
Leukocyte Reduction Procedures* / history
Platelet Transfusion / adverse effects*
Platelet Transfusion / economics
Platelet Transfusion / history
Premedication* / history
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / economics
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / history
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / prevention & control
Sepsis / economics
Sepsis / etiology
Sepsis / history
Sepsis / prevention & control