Blood utilization in five Chinese hospitals shows low hemoglobin thresholds in medical patients.
Jeffrey L CarsonYu LiuPaul NessDaniel J ZaccaroBinting WuChan MengXuejun ZengLi QinChunyan HuangXiaoyu ZhouTing XiongJie LiJianwu XingQun LiaoQian ZhengXiaoyan ZhangJingxing WangHua ShanPublished in: Transfusion (2019)
Transfusion triggers in five Chinese hospitals appear comparable to those in the United States for surgical patients; however, medical patients have lower pretransfusion Hb levels (approx. 6 g/dL). Of the factors assessed, the pretransfusion Hb was most strongly associated with transfusion. The clinical impact of lower transfusion thresholds used in China is unknown.