… ” RBCs) have attributed increased mortality to the receipt of non-… of the mortality from
noninfectious and infectious transfusion … strategies that can further reduce ABT-related mortality. …

… transfusion-related mortality in the United States today, we present 6 possible strategies for
further reducing such transfusion-related mortality. These are (1) avoidance of unnecessary …

… transfusion. In contrast to a general critically ill patient population, where a restrictive transfusion
strategy is preferred, we were especially concerned that a restrictive transfusion strategy …

… We aimed to assess the effect of liberal and restrictive blood transfusion strategies on
mortality in perioperative and critically ill adult patients through a meta-analysis of RCTs. …

… in this study was 8.4 g/dL (5.1 mmol/L) and both ICU and overall mortality rate were higher
in transfused patients. This was confirmed in multivariate analyses and a matched pair …

… restrictive transfusion regimen on mortality was greatest in patients younger … transfusion
strategies on blood loss, blood transfusion needs and outcome, including morbidity and mortality …

… mortality of patients assigned to the two transfusion strategies, which was a secondary
outcome of the FOCUS trial. Long-term mortality … who ascertained mortality and cause of death …

… with symptomatic coronary artery disease; pooled results from these 2 trials showed no
significant effect on cardiac events or mortality using this less restrictive strategy.21, 30 …

… transfusion strategies did not increase or decrease the risk of 30-day mortality when compared
with liberal transfusion strategies … Additionally, restrictive transfusion strategies did not …

… decrease in mortality compared to a “liberal” transfusion strategy (… early rebleeding and
mortality rates in patients with cirrhosis, … blood transfusions to a goal of 7-8 g/dL in patients with …