Journal article
Restrictive compared with liberal red cell transfusion strategies in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
Abstract
AIMS: To determine whether a restrictive strategy of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion at lower haemoglobin concentrations is inferior to a liberal strategy of RBC transfusion at higher haemoglobin concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials of the effect of restrictive and liberal RBC transfusion …
Authors
Shehata N; Mistry N; da Costa BR; Pereira TV; Whitlock R; Curley GF; Scott DA; Hare GMT; Jüni P; Mazer CD
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 40, No. 13, pp. 1081–1088
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 1, 2019
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehy435
ISSN
0195-668X