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SUBMITTER: Kumar MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3271158 | biostudies-other | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 20120101 1
Red blood cell transfusion (RBCT) is a common therapy used in the intensive care unit to treat anemia. However, due to deleterious side effects and questionable efficacy, the clinical benefit of RBCT in patients who are not actively bleeding is unclear. The results of randomized controlled trials suggest there is no benefit to a liberal transfusion practice in general critical care populations. Whether the results of these trials are applicable to brain injured patients is unknown, as patients w ...[more]