Expert Commentary

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Popovsky MA , Chaplin HC Jr , Moore SB Transfusion-related acute lung injury: A neglected serious complication of chemotherapy. Transfusion 32:589-592, 1992.

Donahue JG , Munoz A. , Ness PM , et al. The declining risk of post-transfusion hepatitis C virus infection . N Engl J Med 327:369-373, 1992.

Sayers MH , Anderson KC , Goodnough LT , et al. Reducing the risk for transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus infection. Ann Intern Med 116:55-62, 1992.

Opelz G. , Terasaki PI Improvement of kidney-graft survival with increased numbers of blood transfusions . N Engl J Med 299:799-803, 1978

Busch ORC , Hop WCJ , Hoynck van Papendrecht MAW , et al. Blood transfusions and prognosis in colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med 328:1372-1376, 1993.

McVav PA , Tov PTCY. Lack of increased bleeding after paracentesis and thoracentesis in patients with mild coagulation abnormalities . Transfusion 31:164-171, 1991.

McVay PA , Toy PTCY Lack of increased bleeding after liver biopsy in patients with mild hemostatic abnormalities. Am J Clin Pathol 94:747-753, 1990.

Spiess BD , Sassetti R. , McCarthy RJ , et al. Autologous blood donation: Hemodynamics in a high-risk patient population. Transfusion 32:17-22, 1992.

Renner SW , Howanitz PJ , Bachner P. Preoperative autologous blood donation in 612 hospitals. A College of American Pathologist's Q-Probes study of quality issues in transfusion medicine. Arch Pathol Lab Med 116:613-619, 1992.

Ness PM , Bourke DL , Walsh PC A randomized trial of perioperative hemodilution versus transfusion of preoperatively deposited autologous blood in elective surgery. Transfusion 32:226-230, 1992.

Clements DH , Sculco TP , Burke SW , et al. Salvage and reinfusion of postoperative sanguinous wound drainage A preliminary report. J Bone Joint Surg 74-A:646-651, 1992.

Woden R. , Tetzlaff JE Upper airway edema following autologous blood transfusion from a wound drainage system. Can J Anesth 39:290-292, 1992.