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Association between gene expression biomarkers of immunosuppression and blood transfusion in severely injured polytrauma patients.
Annals of surgery - 1 Apr 2015
Torrance Hew Dt, Brohi Karim, Pearse Rupert M, Mein Charles A, Wozniak Eva, Prowle John R, Hinds Charles J, OʼDwyer Michael J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore the hypothesis that blood transfusion contributes to an immunosuppressed phenotype in severely injured patients. BACKGROUND: Despite trauma patients using disproportionately large quantities of blood and blood products, the immunomodulatory effects of blood transfusion in this group are inadequately described. METHODS: A total of 112 ventilated polytrauma patients were recruited. Messenger...
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