RT Journal A1 Patel R, Josephson CD T1 STorage age of red blood cells for transfusion of premature infants JF JAMA JO JAMA YR 2013 FD February 13 VO 309 IS 6 SP 544 OP 545 DO 10.1001/jama.2012.177439 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.177439 AB The ARIPI study has excellent internal validity, whereas external validity requires further assessment before the results are generalized to blood banking and transfusion practices beyond the institutions in the study and those outside of Canada. Three differences may influence the generalizability of the ARIPI study.