Pulmonary Endothelial Permeability Is Increased by Fluid from Packed Red Blood Cell Units But Not by Fluid from Clinically-Available Washed Units

BACKGROUND:Massive transfusions are a risk factor for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in severely injured patients. Neutrophil priming has been proposed to be an integral part of the early inflammatory response to trauma. To complement that work, we studied another major cell type involve...

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