Anemia prevalence and incidence and red blood cell transfusion practices in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: results of a multicenter cohort study.

Shane W EnglishMichaël ChasséAlexis F TurgeonFrançois LauzierDonald GriesdaleAllan GarlandDean FergussonRyan ZarychanskiCarl van WalravenKaitlyn MontroyJennifer ZieglerRaphael Dupont-ChouinardRaphaëlle CarignanAndy DhaliwalRanjeeta MallickJohn SinclairAmélie BoutinGiuseppe PagliarelloAlan TinmouthLauralyn McIntyrenull null

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2018)

We observed that moderate anemia remains very common early in admission following SAH. Only one-fifth of patients with SAH received RBC transfusions, mostly in cases of significant anemia (Hb < 80 g/L), and this did not appear to be associated with outcome.

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