58
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2004
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2007
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2007
restrictive transfusion strategy
Patients allocated to the restrictive transfusion strategy were transfused only when their hemoglobin concentration decreased below 7.7 g d dL-1 and were then maintained at hemoglobin concentrations between 7.7 and 9.9 g d dL-1.
liberal transfusion strategy
Patients assigned to the liberal strategy were transfused when their hemoglobin concentration fell below 9.9 g dL-1, aiming at maintaining hemoglobin at or above 10 g dL-1.
Aretaieion University Hospital, Athens
Aretaieion University Hospital
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