Blood Transfusion Increases the Risk of Infection After Trauma
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 128 (2), 171-177
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1993.01420140048008
Abstract
• To determine whether blood transfusion influences infection after trauma, we analyzed data on 5366 consecutive patients hospitalized for more than 2 days at eight hospitals over a 2-year period. The incidence of infection was significantly related to the mechanism of injury: penetrating injuries, 8.9%; blunt injuries, 12.9%; and low falls, 21.4%. Stepwise logistic regression analyses of infection using the variables age, sex, respiration rate in the emergency department, Glasgow Coma Scale in the emergency department, Injury Severity Score, shock (systolic blood pressure Arch Surg. 1993;128:171-177)Keywords
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