Emergency Physicians Monthly - by Richard Bukata, MD on August 22, 2014
"When you begin to look at blood transfusions as liquid tissue transplants, you realize that this routine procedure bears real risks and should be handled accordingly.Bottom line – it appears that the real risks of giving blood are higher than we appreciated and emergency physicians need to carefully weigh the benefits of giving blood with the substantial risks oullined above."
http://www.epmonthly.com/features/current-features/transfusion-confusion-knowing-the-real-risks-of-blood-transfusion/