Polesky H F, McCullough J J, Yunis E, Helgeson M A, Andersen R C, Simmons R L, Najarian J S
Transplantation. 1977 Dec;24(6):449-52. doi: 10.1097/00007890-197712000-00008.
In patients that received transplants of cadaver kidneys, prior transfusion improves the prognosis for graft survival. Patients receiving frozen-thawed red cells have better 1-year survival rates than patients given other forms of red cells. The effect of prior transfusions is minimal in patients that recieved transplants of kidneys from living related donors.