Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery
Authors:
- Katie PikeKPKatie Pike
- Chris A. RogersCRChris A. Rogers
- Sarah WordsworthSWSarah Wordsworth
- Elizabeth A. StokesESElizabeth A. Stokes
- Gianni D. AngeliniGAGianni D. Angelini
- Barnaby C. ReevesBRBarnaby C. Reeves
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- 12 March 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 372 (11) , 997-1008
Abstract
Whether a restrictive threshold for hemoglobin level in red-cell transfusions, as compared with a liberal threshold, reduces postoperative morbidity and health care costs after cardiac surgery is uncertain.Keywords
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