8 January 2017 (Sunday) - Transfusion Evidence Library Update

This morning’s haul of emails gave an overview of the ten most popular articles from the Transfusion Evidence Library in 2016:

1.     Restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategy for red blood cell transfusion in critically ill patients and in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis Ripolles Melchor J ; Casans Frances R, et al. Minerva Anestesiologica. 2016;82(-5):582-98 2.     Intravenous iron or placebo for anaemia in intensive care: the IRONMAN multicentre randomized blinded trial : a randomized trial of IV iron in critical illness Litton E ; Baker S, et al. Intensive Care Medicine. 2016 3.     Point-of-care thromboelastography/thromboelastometry-based coagulation management in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of 8332 patients Deppe AC ; Weber C​, et al. The Journal of Surgical Research. 2016;203(-2):424-33 4.     Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion Carson JL ; Stanworth SJ​, et al. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016;(-10):CD002042 5.     Long-term outcomes in patients with septic shock transfused at a lower versus a higher haemoglobin threshold: the TRISS randomised, multicentre clinical trial Rygard SL ; Holst LB​, et al. Intensive Care Medicine. 2016 6.     Effect of short-term vs. long-term blood storage on mortality after transfusion Heddle NM ; Cook RJ​, et al. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 7.     How low should we go: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategies in oncology Prescott LS ; Taylor JS, et al. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 2016;46:1-8 8.     A systematic review on the rotational thrombelastometry (ROTEM(R)) values for the diagnosis of coagulopathy, prediction and guidance of blood transfusion and prediction of mortality in trauma patients Veigas PV ; Callum J​, et al. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 2016;24(-1):114 9.     Adverse effects of red blood cell transfusions in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis Keir A ; Pal S​, et al. Transfusion. 2016 10.  Allogeneic blood transfusion is a significant risk factor for surgical-site infection following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis Kim JL ; Park JH​, et al. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016

Interesting reading….