Restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion for gastrointestinal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 354-360

  Odutayo, Ayodele ^a,c   Desborough, Michael J R ^a,d   Trivella, Marialena ^a   Stanley, Adrian J ^e   Dorée, Carolyn ^d   Collins, Gary S ^a   Hopewell, Sally ^a   Brunskill, Susan J ^d   Kahan, Brennan C ^f   Logan, Richard F A ^g   Barkun, Alan N ^h   Murphy, Michael F ^b,d   Jairath, Vipul ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Wolfson Digestive Diseases Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIBERAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTRICTIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIA; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 85017257772     PISSN: 24681253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30054-7     Document Type: Article

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