Platelet transfusions in children: results of a randomized, prospective, crossover trial of plasma removal and a prospective audit of WBC reduction.
Disappointing and rather surprising results. The lower incidence of transfusion reactions (TR) in children is not surprising since the referred frequency of TR in adults (up to 37% from literature) […]
Analysis of 516 reaction reports after transfusion of blood cell components.
The article gives data on transfusion reactions that are not conclusive. There is no doubt about the reduction of non-hemolytic transfusion reactions in chronically transfused patients when using leukodepleted cellular […]