From: Blood transfusion in the critically ill: does storage age matter?
Author | Study Population | No. Patients | Major Conclusion |
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Purdy et al.[18] | Septic ICU patients | 31 | Patients who died received older RBC |
Vamvakas et al.[31] | CABG patients | 416 | Transfusion of RBC with longer storage time associated with pneumonia |
Zallen et al.[19] | Trauma patients who received 6-20 RBC in the first 12 hours post-injury | 63 | Patients who developed MOF received older blood (30 vs. 24 days) |
Vamvakas et al.[32] | CABG patients | 268 | Transfusion of old RBC was not associated with increased morbidity or mortality |
Offner et al.[20] | Trauma patients who received 6-20 RBC in the first 12 hours post-injury | 62 | Transfusion of old blood was associated with increase risk of infection |
Keller et al.[21] | Trauma patients who received ≥1 RBC within 48 hours of admission | 86 | Older RBC were associated with longer hospital length of stay |
Murrell et al.[33] | Trauma patients who received ≥1 RBC | 275 | Patients who received older RBC had longer length of ICU stay but no increased in-hospital mortality |
Koch et al.[24] | CABG patients who received exclusively young or old blood | 6,002 | Patients receiving old RBC had higher mortality (short and long term) |
Weinberg et al.[22] | Trauma patients who received ≥1 RBC within the first 24 hours post-injury | 1,813 | Blood storage age potentiated the increased odd of mortality seen with larger volumes of transfusion |
Weinberg et al.[23] | Less severely injured trauma patients who received no RBC in the first 48 hours post-injury | 1,624 | Transfusion of old blood was associated with increased mortality, renal failure, and pneumonia |