Journal article
Transfusion-related acute lung injury in the Canadian paediatric population
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The incidence of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in adults is approximately one per 5000 transfusions. The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program undertook the present study to determine the incidence of TRALI in the paediatric population and to describe the characteristics and outcomes of children with TRALI.
METHODS: The present surveillance study was conducted over a three-year period.
Authors
Gauvin F; Robillard P; Hume H; Grenier D; Whyte RK; Webert KE; Fergusson D; Lau W; Froese N; Delage G
Journal
Paediatrics & Child Health, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 235–239
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
May 1, 2012
DOI
10.1093/pch/17.5.235
ISSN
1205-7088