The article offers information on the management of anaemia and red cell transfusion in
adult critically ill patients. It states that erythropoietin should not be used to treat anaemia in …

Anemia is frequent among brain-injured patients, where it has been associated with an
increased risk of poor outcome. The pathophysiology of anemia in this patient population …

Purpose To investigate the relationship between hemoglobin (Hgb) and brain tissue oxygen
tension (PbtO 2) after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to examine its impact on …

Introduction Anemia is one of the most common medical complications to be encountered in
critically ill patients. Based on the results of clinical trials, transfusion practices across the …

Background and Purpose—The optimal hemoglobin (Hgb) target after aneurysmal
subarachnoid hemorrhage is not precisely known. We sought to examine the threshold of …

Introduction Accumulating evidence suggests that, in critically ill patients, a lower
hemoglobin transfusion threshold is safe. However, the optimal hemoglobin level and …

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 …

Abstract Background The optimal hemoglobin (Hb) threshold at which to initiate red blood
cell (RBC) transfusion in patients with acute brain injury is unknown. The aim of this survey …

Object Coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia are common after traumatic brain injury (TBI),
yet transfusion thresholds for mildly to moderately abnormal ranges of international …

Our objectives were to evaluate the frequency of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in patients
with traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as potential determinants and outcomes associated …