Transfusion, “Mortality and morbidity in patients with very low postoperative Hb levels who decline blood transfusion”

Transfusion, “Mortality and morbidity in patients with very low postoperative Hb levels who decline blood transfusion”

July 2002 · pp.42(7):812-818 · Carson JL, Noveck H, Berlin JA, Gould SA · AABB / Wiley

“In patients with a postoperative Hb level of 4.1 to 5.0, 34.4 percent (95% CI, 18.6-53.2%) died”

300 of 2,083 patients declining RBC transfusion for religious reasons (1981-1994) had post-op Hb ≤ 8 g/dL; 0 deaths at 7.1-8.0; odds of death rose 2.5× per g/dL fall. PMID 12375651.

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