Allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT)-related immunomodulation (TRIM) encompasses the
laboratory immune aberrations that occur after ABT and their established or purported …

Blood transfusion and blood conservation (techniques or strategies to avoid the need for
blood) are complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena of transfusion medicine …

Background To determine whether a restrictive strategy of red-cell transfusion and a liberal
strategy produced equivalent results in critically ill patients, we compared the rates of death …

Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) has been shown to be inducibly expressed on
neutrophils to suppress host immunity during polymicrobial sepsis, virus and parasite …

Objective To identify the risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing
elective resection of the colon and rectum. Summary Background Data SSI causes a …

Objective: To provide the American College of Critical Care Medicine with updated
guidelines for hemodynamic support of adult patients with sepsis. Data Source: Publications …

Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patien... : Critical Care Medicine Is a low
transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases? : Critical Care …

Background—Leukocytes in transfused blood are associated with several posttransfusion
immunomodulatory effects. Although leukocytes play an important role in reperfusion injury …

Objective: A previous retrospective evaluation of Project Impact data demonstrated an
association between red blood cell transfusions, nosocomial infections, and poorer …

Allogeneic blood transfusion results in the infusion into the recipient of large amounts of
foreign antigens in both soluble and cell-associated forms. The persistence of these …