[Articles] Efficiency and safety of varying the frequency of whole blood donation (INTERVAL): a randomised trial of 45  000 donors

Over 2 years, more frequent donation than is standard practice in the UK collected substantially more blood without having a major effect on donors' quality of life, physical activity, or cognitive function, but resulted in more donation-related symptoms, deferrals, and iron deficiency.

Source: LANCET - September 20, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Simon G Thompson, Stephen Kaptoge, Carmel Moore, Matthew Walker, Jane Armitage, Willem H Ouwehand, David J Roberts, John Danesh, INTERVAL Trial Group Tags: Articles Source Type: research