Restrictive vs liberal transfusion strategy in patients with acute brain injury

JAMA

2024-10-09

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Patients with acute brain injury and anemia randomized to a liberal transfusion strategy were less likely to have an unfavorable neurological outcome than those randomized to a restrictive strategy.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Fabio Silvio Taccone, MD, PhD, email fabio.taccone@ulb.be.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2024.20424)

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