Evaluating Transfusion Strategies
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Cancer patients are at increased risk of septic shock. Therefore, Bergamin et al set out to assess whether a restrictive strategy of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion reduces 28-day mortality when compared with a liberal strategy in cancer patients with septic shock.
They observed a survival trend favoring a liberal transfusion strategy in cancer patients with septic shock when compared with the restrictive strategy.