Sharma, Kartavya http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-5915
Johnson, Daniel J.
Johnson, Brenda
Frank, Steven M.
Stevens, Robert D.
Article History
Received: 18 January 2018
Accepted: 28 May 2018
First Online: 2 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional review board approval (Johns Hopkins Hospital IRB, East Baltimore Campus, NA_00078426) with a waiver for written informed consent was obtained to retrospectively assess changes in blood utilization and clinical outcomes at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Only previously collected data were analyzed and no study participants were asked to be involved. The IRB allowed review of patient records in a NON-de-identified fashion if necessary to verify or complete missing data elements in the database.
: Steven M. Frank has received compensation from Haemonetics and Medtronic for serving on their advisory boards. The rest of the authors (KS, DJ, BJ, RS) declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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