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    • Debate: Transfusing to normal haemoglobin levels will not improve outcome

    Metadata Updated: September 7, 2025

    Recent evidence suggests that critically ill patients are able to tolerate lower levels of haemoglobin than was previously believed. It is our goal to show that transfusing to a level of 100 g/l does not improve mortality and other clinically important outcomes in a critical care setting. Although many questions remain, many laboratory and clinical studies, including a recent randomized controlled trial (RCT), have established that transfusing to normal haemoglobin concentrations does not improve organ failure and mortality in the critically ill patient. In addition, a restrictive transfusion strategy will reduce exposure to allogeneic transfusions, result in more efficient use of red blood cells (RBCs), save blood overall, and decrease health care costs.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 7, 2025

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 7, 2025
    Publisher National Institutes of Health
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    Data First Published 2025-07-14
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-06
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