Transfusion, mortality and hemoglobin level: Associations among emergency department patients in Kigali, Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies from high-income countries (HIC) support restrictive blood transfusion thresholds in medical patients. In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), the etiologies of anemia and baseline health states differ greatly; optimal transfusion thresholds are unknown. This study evaluated the association of packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion with mortality outcomes across hemoglobin levels amongst emergency center (EC) patients presenting with medical pathology in Kigali, Rwanda.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was performed using a random sample of patients presenting to the EC at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali. Patients ≥15 years of age, treated for medical emergencies during 2013-16, with EC hemoglobin measurements were included. The rel

SUBMITTER: Moretti K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7320208 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature