Introduction of universal prestorage leukodepletion of blood components, and outcomes in transfused cardiac surgery patients

Zoe K McQuilten; Nick Andrianopoulos; Leo van de Watering; Cecile Aubron; Louise Phillips; Rinaldo Bellomo; David Pilcher; Peter Cameron; Christopher M Reid; Merrole F Cole-Sinclair; Andrew Newcomb; Julian Smith; John J McNeil; Erica M Wood

Journal article

Introduction of universal prestorage leukodepletion of blood components, and outcomes in transfused cardiac surgery patients

Zoe K McQuilten, Nick Andrianopoulos, Leo van de Watering, Cecile Aubron, Louise Phillips, Rinaldo Bellomo, David Pilcher, Peter Cameron, Christopher M Reid, Merrole F Cole-Sinclair, Andrew Newcomb, Julian Smith, John J McNeil, Erica M Wood

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | MOSBY-ELSEVIER | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.03.015

University of Melbourne Researchers

Merrole Cole-Sinclair Author Clinical Pathology

Rinaldo Bellomo Author Critical Care

Andrew Newcomb Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

Grants

Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Funding Acknowledgements

Z.M. is the recipient of an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship (APP1017942). C.R. is the recipient of an Australian NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (APP 1045862). This project was funded as part of an Australian NHMRC Partnership grant between the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, the Victorian Government Department of Health, and Monash University: NHMRC ID Number 546291. Australian governments fully fund the Australian Red Cross Blood Service for the provision of blood products and services to the Australian Community. The ANZSCTS National Cardiac Surgery Database Program is funded by the Department of Health Victoria, and the Health Administration Corporation and the Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales.