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American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report: Study Finds no Significant Cardiovascular Differences Between More Aggressive or Restrictive Post-Operative Treatment of Anemia
Published in Blood Weekly, December 3rd, 2009
A liberal red blood cell (RBC) transfusion strategy to aggressively treat moderate anemia (when the hemoglobin level was 10 g/dl or less) in elderly surgical patients didn't provide significantly better cardiovascular outcomes as compared to a restrictive transfusion strategy (transfusing only those symptomatic from anemia or hemoglobin level less than 8 g/dL), researchers reported in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
In FOCUS (Transfusion Trigger Trial for Functional Outcomes in Cardiovascular Patients Undergoing Surgical Hip Fracture Repair), researchers evaluated two different RBC transfusion...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-12-03)
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