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Title
Effect of anaemia and cardiovascular disease on surgical mortality and morbidity.
Authors
Carson, J L; Duff, A; Poses, R M; Berlin, J A; Spence, R K; Trout, R; Noveck, H; Strom, B L
Abstract
Guidelines have been offered on haemoglobin thresholds for blood transfusion in surgical patients. However, good evidence is lacking on the haemoglobin concentrations at which the risk of death or serious morbidity begins to rise and at which transfusion is indicated.