Jack A. Barney Resident Paper Award: Blood transfusions increase complications in moderately injured patients

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.07.024 Byline: Brenda M. Kopriva (a), Stephen D. Helmer (a)(b), R. Stephen Smith (c) Keywords: Trauma; Moderately injured; Blood transfusion; Complications Abstract: Previous assessments linked transfusions in trauma to increased respiratory and infectious complications. However, these studies included patients with severe trauma, brisk hemorrhage, and shock. Thus, the potentially harmful impact of transfusion was difficult to determine. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Surgery, The University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita, 929 N. Saint Francis St, Room 3082, Wichita, KS 67214, USA (b) Department of Medical Education, Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS (c) Department of Surgery, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA Article History: Received 5 March 2010; Revised 26 July 2010