Using fresh whole blood lowers childrens' donor exposure risk in heart surgery

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

Children who undergo heart surgery are better off receiving fresh whole blood transfusions from a single donor, rather than receiving component blood from multiple donors. Limiting donor exposures reduces the patients' risk of complications, research shows.

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