RCT | Blood donor’s sex does not impact transfusion recipients’ survival

Effect of Donor Sex on Recipient Mortality in Transfusion – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

News release: Sex of blood donor has no effect on recipient survival – Ottawa Hospital

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Observational data are conflicting about whether donor sex influences mortality among transfusion recipients. In a multicenter trial in Canada involving 8719 patients, mortality was not influenced by blood-donor sex. https://t.co/54GKPXSXES pic.twitter.com/uYw1KT15py

— NEJM (@NEJM) April 12, 2023