March 26, 2012 — Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in most hospitalized patients should be performed based on "restrictive," rather than "liberal," hemoglobin levels (7 - 8 g/dL), according to new ...
Anemia rates among children and teenagers in India may be 20 per cent lower than currently reported as diagnosis is based on ethnically inappropriate blood count thresholds, a study argues. The study ...
Among patients with ACS who are managed invasively, a drop in hemoglobin (Hb) during the initial hospitalization—even without a clinically obvious bleed—is associated with worse outcomes in the first ...