Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery

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A restrictive red-cell transfusion strategy (hemoglobin <7.5 g/dL) was noninferior to a liberal strategy (hemoglobin <9.5 g/dL or <8.5 g/dL) for a composite outcome of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or renal failure in 5243 adults undergoing cardiac surgery.

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