Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases?

C. Hébert, Paul; Yetisir, Elizabeth; M. Martin, Claudio; A. Blajchman, Morris; A. Wells, George; C. Marshall, John; Tweeddale, Martin; Pagliarello, Giuseppe; Schweitzer, Irwin

doi:10.1097/00003246-200102000-00001

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Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases?

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Feb 1, 2001

Authors:

Paul C. Hébert

Elizabeth Yetisir

Claudio M. Martin

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare a restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy with a more liberal strategy in volume-resuscitated critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease. SETTING: Twenty-two academic and three community critical care units across Canada. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized controlled cli...

Subject

Medicine

Intensive care unit

Blood transfusion

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