Restrictive Versus Liberal Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategies for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Receiving Intensive Chemotherapy
Radford M, Watson M, Sirotich E, Pitre T, Britto J, Brunskill S, Fergusson D, Arnold D, Estcourt L. Restrictive Versus Liberal Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategies for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Receiving Intensive Chemotherapy. Blood 2023, 142: 5573. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-180430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRed blood cell transfusion strategyHematopoietic stem cell transplantationLiberal transfusion strategyRestrictive transfusion strategyTransfusion strategyRed blood cellsCertainty of evidenceIntensive chemotherapyHematologic malignanciesRisk ratioRed blood cell transfusionConfidence intervalsMean differenceRed blood cell unitsRed blood cell usageClinically significant bleedingCochrane's standard methodological proceduresStem cell transplantationMalignant hematological disordersCochrane Central Register of Controlled TrialsCentral Register of Controlled TrialsLow hemoglobin levelRegister of Controlled TrialsReview's primary outcomesCochrane Central Register