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. 2015 Dec 3;2015(12):CD009745. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009745.pub2

Waghmare 2012.

Methods Study Design: RCT
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint classification: Efficacy study
Intervention model: Parallel assignment
Masking: Open labeled
Primary purpose: Prevention
Participants Sixty‐four consecutive ICU. All had severe falciparum malaria and required blood transfusion. Pregnant women and patients with previous blood transfusion were excluded.
Interventions Filtered group: Leukodepleted blood transfusion using bedside leukodepletion filter versus regular
Control group: non‐leukodepleted blood transfusion
Outcomes Death from all cases at 28 days, incidence of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and sepsis, severity of multiple organ dysfunction, and length of ICU stay in the two treatment groups.
Patients were studied over 16 months.
Notes Registration number: Unknown
Inclusion or exclusion decision cannot be made because sufficient information is not currently available.