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Red blood cell transfusion practices in acute lung injury: What do patient factors contribute?
Critical Care Medicine, 05/29/09
Murphy DJ et al. - Patients with ALI commonly receive RBC transfusions in the ICU. The pretransfusion hemoglobin observed in the study was lower than earlier studies, but a restrictive strategy was not universally adopted. Patient factors do not explain the gap between clinical trial evidence and routine transfusion practices.
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