Anemia has been observed in up to 46% of individuals with acute brain injury. Blood transfusions are commonly performed to raise hemoglobin levels, so we aimed to compare the restrictive and liberal blood transfusion strategies in acute brain injury patients.MethodsA systematic search was conducted on Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, and Medline/PubMed up to… Continue reading Liberal versus restrictive #transfusion strategies in patients with acute #brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Restrictive versus Liberal #Transfusion in Myocardial #Infarction — A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis
BackgroundClinical guidelines have concluded that there are insufficient data to provide recommendations for the hemoglobin threshold for the use of red cell transfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and anemia. After the recent publication of the Myocardial Infarction and Transfusion (MINT) trial, we performed an individual patient-level data meta-analysis to evaluate the effect… Continue reading Restrictive versus Liberal #Transfusion in Myocardial #Infarction — A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis
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