Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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- 3 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 368 (1), 11-21
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1211801
Abstract
The hemoglobin threshold for transfusion of red cells in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding is controversial. We compared the efficacy and safety of a restrictive transfusion strategy with those of a liberal transfusion strategy.Keywords
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