Transfusion After Trauma can Harm or Benefit Patients Based on Their Risk of Death

The benefits and risks of red blood cell transfusions for patients with trauma and major bleeding might vary considerably based on a patient's predicted risk of death on arrival at a trauma centre. This is according to new research published in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i. The study by Pablo Perel, from the London School of Hygiene (and) Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, and colleagues, suggests that trauma patients who have the highest predicted risk of death ...

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