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Editorial
. 2018 Mar;10(3):1152-1157.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.15.

Thresholds, triggers or requirements-time to look beyond the transfusion trials

Aryeh Shander  1   2 , Tae-Yop Kim  3 , Lawrence Tim Goodnough  4
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Editorial

Thresholds, triggers or requirements-time to look beyond the transfusion trials

Aryeh Shander et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Mar.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: A Shander has served as a speaker for CSL Behring, Masimo Corporatoon, Merck and AMAG, as a consultant for CSL Behring, Gauss Surgical, Masimo Corporation, Vifor Pharma, IL Werfen Baxter and Merck, and as a recipient of grant from CSL Behring, Gauss Surgical, Masimo Corporation, HbO2 Therapeutics, LLC, Baxter and IL Werfen. LT Goodnough and TY Kim 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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