A multicentre randomised controlled trial of Transfusion Indication Threshold Reduction on transfusion rates, morbidity and health-care resource use following cardiac surgery (TITRe2)

Background: Uncertainty about optimal red blood cell transfusion thresholds in cardiac surgery is reflected in widely varying transfusion rates between surgeons and cardiac centres. Objective: To test the hypothesis that a restrictive compared with a liberal threshold for red blood cell transfusion...

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Main Authors: Barnaby C Reeves, Katie Pike, Chris A Rogers, Rachel CM Brierley, Elizabeth A Stokes, Sarah Wordsworth, Rachel L Nash, Alice Miles, Andrew D Mumford, Alan Cohen, Gianni D Angelini, Gavin J Murphy, on behalf of the TITRe2 investigators
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2016-08-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Subjects:
randomised controlled trial
titre2
transfusion
health-care resource use
cardiac surgery
red blood cells
restrictive
liberal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20600
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