Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery
JAMAPublished 12 October 2010
Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Jean‐Louis Vincent, Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas, Rosana Ely Nakamura, Carolina M. P. Silva, Marília Harumi Higuchi dos Santos
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Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, the use of a restrictive perioperative transfusion strategy compared with a more liberal strategy resulted in noninferior rates of the combined outcome of 30-day all-cause mortality and severe morbidity.
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clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01021631.
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