Older transfused blood might increase risks to patients

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 19:21 in Health & Medicine

A victim of severe trauma who gets as little as a single unit of blood that's been stored for more than a month is twice as likely to die as an equally injured patient transfused with fresher blood, a study found.

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