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Blood transfusion for upper gastrointestinal bleeding: is less more again?
The objective was to prove that the restrictive threshold for red blood cell transfusion in patients with acute upper GI bleeding (UGIB) was safer and more effective than a liberal transfusion strategy.Design: A single-center, randomized controlled trial was conducted.Setting: Patients with GI bleeding were admitted to the de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau hospital in Barcelona, Spain.Subjects: The subjects were adult intensive care unit patients admitted with high clinical suspicion of UGIB (hematomemesis, melena, or both). Patients were excluded if they had massive exsanguinating bleeding, acute coronary syndrome, symptomatic ...
Source: Critical Care - September 24, 2013 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Mohammed Al-JaghbeerSachin Yende Source Type: research
