Erschienen in:
01.11.2015 | Editorial
Should red blood cell transfusion be individualized? No
verfasst von:
Lars B. Holst, Jeffrey L. Carson, Anders Perner
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 11/2015
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Excerpt
Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion practice has changed over recent decades with the use of still more restrictive strategy in agreement with revised clinical guidelines and increased focus on the concept of blood management [
1]. The developments have raised the question if there are subgroups of patients, in particular among the critically ill, who may benefit from an individualized transfusion strategy. …