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Medical Research Journal Article 2011

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion in High-Risk Patients after Hip Surgery

Carson JL, Terrin ML, Noveck H, et al.

New England Journal of Medicine

Summary

The FOCUS trial — a major RCT of 2,016 patients — demonstrated that a restrictive transfusion strategy (hemoglobin trigger of 8 g/dL) was not inferior to a liberal strategy (10 g/dL) for mortality or functional recovery after hip fracture surgery.

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