Objective To compare a restrictive versus a liberal transfusion strategy in patients with
moderate to severe closed head injury following multiple trauma in 13 Canadian intensive …

Background Clinical studies have caused blood transfusion practices in critically ill patients
to become more conservative in the last decade. However, few studies have focused on …

Purpose To determine whether physician specialty influences transfusion threshold in
patients with acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods We surveyed transfusion …

Background: Despite clear evidence in critical care that blood transfusion has an adverse
impact on outcome, neurosurgical textbooks still recommend transfusion of patients with …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine if anemia in isolated head
trauma patients results in a higher mortality rate that would justify a more liberal use of blood …

Background: The effect of blood component ratios on the survival of patients with traumatic
brain injury (TBI) has not been studied. Methods: A database of patients transfused in the …

Object In this paper, the authors' goal was to examine the relationship between transfusion
and long-term functional outcomes in moderately anemic patients (lowest hematocrit [HCT] …

Objective: There is evidence to suggest that anemia after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI)
is detrimental. However, there is a paucity of evidence supporting the use of transfusion of …

Background: An analysis from the prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial
(Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Trial) compared the use of restrictive and liberal …

Currently, there is insufficient evidence to make strong recommendations regarding which
hemoglobin threshold to use as a transfusion trigger in critically-ill patients with TBI. There is …