Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery

Short summary

A restrictive red-cell transfusion threshold (<7.5 g/dL hemoglobin) after cardiac surgery was not superior to a liberal threshold (<9 g/dL) in reducing serious infection or ischemic events within 3 months, and was associated with more deaths (4.2% vs. 2.6%).

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