Abstract

Two well-executed studies in this issue of Blood Transfusion by Sivakaanthan and Chiaretti and colleagues both arrive at the same conclusion: we still do not know enough about transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). TRALI is a very serious complication of blood transfusion and one of the leading causes of transfusion‐related morbidity and mortality in developed countries1,2.

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Stefan F. van Wonderen - Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Intensive Care and Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Robert B. Klanderman - Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Alexander P.J. Vlaar - Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Intensive Care and Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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