Wednesday, June 24, 2015

BMJ - Perioperative Transfusion

"Harms associated with single unit perioperative transfusion: retrospective population based analysis"

"Conclusions
A perioperative transfusion of one unit of packed red blood cells is associated with increased odds of perioperative ischemic stroke and/or myocardial infarction, even after adjustment for a wide range of factors in our data and despite extensive sensitivity analyses."


http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h3037 

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