Transfusion, “Risk-adjusted clinical outcomes in patients enrolled in a bloodless program”
“Overall, mortality was lower in the bloodless group (0.7%) than in the control group (2.7%; p = 0.046), primarily attributed to the surgical subgroup.”
Propensity-matched retrospective case-control (294 bloodless v 1,157 control) at Johns Hopkins; after risk adjustment bloodless care 'was not an independent predictor of the composite adverse outcome'. PMID 24942198.
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Confidence note. Abstract opened via Europe PMC.
Corroborated by. src-vasques-2016-transfusion, src-vitolo-2023-cpc
Notes. Selected, specialist-centre cohort; do not generalise to emergencies.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-frank-2014-transfusion