Blood transfusion exposure in Denmark and Sweden

Mads Kamper-Jørgensen; Gustaf Edgren; Klaus Rostgaard; Robert J Biggar; Olof Nyrén; Marie Reilly; Kjell Titlestad; Agneta Shanwell; Mads Melbye; Henrik Hjalgrim

doi:10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02081.x

Blood transfusion exposure in Denmark and Sweden

Mads Kamper-Jørgensen, Gustaf Edgren, Klaus Rostgaard, Robert J Biggar, Olof Nyrén, Marie Reilly, Kjell Titlestad, Agneta Shanwell, Mads Melbye, Henrik Hjalgrim

Section of Social Medicine

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Abstract

Although essential for the evaluation of blood transfusion safety, the prevalence of blood transfusion in the general population is not presently known. This study estimated the exposure to blood transfusion in the general Scandinavian population.

Original language	English
Journal	Transfusion
Volume	49
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	888-94
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0041-1132
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02081.x
Publication status	Published - May 2009

Keywords

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Transfusion
Denmark
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Registries
Sex Factors
Sweden
Young Adult

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10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02081.x

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