Haemoglobin transfusion threshold in traumatic brain injury optimisation (HEMOTION): a multicentre, randomised, clinical trial protocol

Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of mortality and long-term disability in young adults. Despite the high prevalence of anaemia and red blood cell transfusion in patients with TBI, the optimal haemoglobin (Hb) transfusion threshold is unknown. We undertook a randomised t...

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Main Authors: Robert S Green, Dean A Fergusson, Demetrios J Kutsogiannis, Ryan Zarychanski, Kosar Khwaja, Donald Griesdale, François Lauzier, Alison Fox-Robichaud, Ian Ball, Alexis F Turgeon, John Gordon Boyd, Paul C Hébert, Shane English, Timothy Walsh, Andreas H Kramer, John C Marshall, Damon Scales, Olivier Costerousse, Annemarie Docherty, Andrea Rigamonti, Maude St-Onge, Lucy Clayton, Marie-Pier Patton, Karen E. A. Burns, Paule Lessard Bonaventure, Xavier Neveu, Vincent Laroche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/10/e067117.full