Irradiating stored blood and storing irradiated blood: Is it different ? - A study of serial changes in biochemical parameters of red blood cell units

CONCLUSION: The study indicates that irradiation of red cells later in their storage period had comparatively more detrimental changes in relation to potassium and lactate than irradiation in earlier days. Consideration of irradiation to be performed as close to the issue as possible to reduce a lesser number of days of storage postirradiation is to be explored.
Source: Asian Journal of Transfusion Science - Category: Hematology Authors: Source Type: research