Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study.

Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study.

<h4>Background</h4>Haemorrhage is a common cause of death in trauma patients. Although transfusions are extensively used in the care of bleeding trauma patients, there is uncertainty about the balance of risks and benefits and how this balance depends on the baseline risk of death. Our o...

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Main Authors: Pablo Perel, Tim Clayton, Doug G Altman, Peter Croft, Ian Douglas, Harry Hemingway, Aroon Hingorani, Katherine I Morley, Richard Riley, Adam Timmis, Danielle Van der Windt, Ian Roberts, PROGRESS Partnership
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001664&type=printable
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