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Age of red blood cells and outcome in acute kidney injury

Kirsi‐Maija Kaukonen; Suvi T. Vaara; Ville Pettilä; Rinaldo Bellomo; Jarno Tuimala; D. James Cooper; Tom Krusius; Anne Kuitunen · 2013 · Critical Care

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) and, in particular, older RBCs has been associated with increased short-term mortality in critically ill patients. We evaluated the association between age of transfused RBCs and acute kidney injury (AKI), hospital, and 90-day mortality in critically ill patients. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, observational, predefined sub-study within the FINNish Acute Kidney Injury (FINNAKI) study. This study included all elective ICU admissions with expected ICU stay of more than 24 hours and all emergency admissions from September to November 2011.

Abstract by Kirsi‐Maija Kaukonen; Suvi T. Vaara; Ville Pettilä; Rinaldo Bellomo; Jarno Tuimala; D. James Cooper; Tom Krusius; Anne Kuitunen, Critical Care (2013) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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