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Medical Research Journal Article 2018

Children with single-ventricle physiology do not benefit from higher hemoglobin levels post cavopulmonary connection: results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Cholette JM, Rubenstein JS, Alfieris GM, et al.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Summary

RCT demonstrating that restrictive transfusion thresholds are safe even in complex pediatric cardiac surgery. Children randomized to lower hemoglobin targets had equivalent outcomes, supporting the extension of PBM principles to the most vulnerable surgical population.

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