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      The use of whole blood in US military operations in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan since the introduction of low-titer Type O whole blood: feasibility, acceptability, challenges.

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          Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in military and civilian traumatic injury. Blood product resuscitation improves survival. Low-titer Type O Whole Blood (LTOWB) was recently re-introduced to the combat theater as a universal resuscitation product for hemorrhagic shock. This study assessed the utilization patterns of LTOWB compared to warm fresh whole blood (WFWB) and blood component therapy (CT) in US Military Operations in Iraq/Syria and Afghanistan known as Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS) respectively. We hypothesized LTOWB utilization would increase over time given its advantages.

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          Journal
          Transfusion
          Transfusion
          Wiley
          1537-2995
          0041-1132
          March 2019
          : 59
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Division of Emergency Medicine, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia.
          [2 ] Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
          [3 ] Joint Trauma System, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
          [4 ] Department of Pathology, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas.
          [5 ] Department of Pathology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
          [6 ] Armed Service Blood Program, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
          [7 ] Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
          Article
          10.1111/trf.15086
          30548277
          84987d35-7241-458d-9c13-889f0739af6a
          © 2018 AABB.
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