(icTV) HOT TOPICS PREVIEW ~ ARE FRESH RED CELLS BETTER FOR TRANSFUSION? 

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(icTV) HOT TOPICS PREVIEW ~ ARE FRESH RED CELLS BETTER FOR TRANSFUSION? 

(icTV) HOT TOPICS PREVIEW

The TRANSFUSE study

We know that for most things in this life, fresh is generally accepted as better. Jamie Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) put the fresh is better theory to the test with the multicentre TRANSFUSE study, which tested whether transfusion of fresher red-cells improves outcome in high-risk critically ill patients. He gives us a sneak-peak at this novel new international RCT in this icTV interview with ESICM’s Sherry Scharff. Full results will be presented at the Hot Topics session at LIVES 2017…

Can’t make it to LIVES 2017? Watch it online here.

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