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Editorial
. 2018 Feb;10(2):674-677.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.78.

Teaching an old dog new TRICS: re-evaluating transfusion triggers in high-risk cardiac surgery

Jonathan H Chow  1 , Michael A Mazzeffi  1 , Kenichi A Tanaka  1
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Editorial

Teaching an old dog new TRICS: re-evaluating transfusion triggers in high-risk cardiac surgery

Jonathan H Chow et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery.
    Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Hall J, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de Médicis É, McGuinness S, Royse A, Carrier FM, Young PJ, Villar JC, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Syed S, Byrne K, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Mehta C, Painter TW, Royse C, Verma S, Hare GMT, Cohen A, Thorpe KE, Jüni P, Shehata N; TRICS Investigators and Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group. Mazer CD, et al. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 30;377(22):2133-2144. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1711818. Epub 2017 Nov 12. N Engl J Med. 2017. PMID: 29130845 Clinical Trial.

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