Female donors and transfusion-related acute lung injury: A case-referent study from the International TRALI Unisex Research Group

摘要

BACKGROUNDAlthough quantitative evidence is lacking, it is generally believed that the majority of cases of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) are caused by female blood donors. We aimed to examine the relation between female donors and the occurrence of TRALI.