TY - JOUR AU - Vincent, Jean-Louis AU - Lelubre, Christophe PY - 2017 TI - The sicker the patient, the more likely that transfusion will be beneficial JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 9, No 12 (December 29, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Although there is a general consensus that decisions to transfuse should not be based on hemoglobin concentrations alone (1), many people still limit blood transfusions to patients with hemoglobin concentrations less than 7 g/dL, because this strategy is easily included in a simple protocol (2). There are two conditions in which transfusions could be more liberal: one is in the presence of coronary artery disease and the other one is related to the severity of the critical illness. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/17519