PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Auron, Moises
AU  - Castillo, Marina Y. Duran
AU  - Kumar, Ajay
TI  - Parsimonious blood use and lower transfusion triggers: What is the evidence?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15134
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 43--51
VI  - 84
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/1/43.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/1/43.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2017 Jan 01; 84
AB  - Evidence supports a parsimonious approach to blood use for managing anemia, contrasting with the long-standing practice of blood transfusion targeting arbitrary hemoglobin levels. Hemodilution studies have demonstrated that humans can tolerate anemia. The cumulative data have confirmed and validated the safety of a conservative approach to transfusion. This has translated into formal national guidelines for blood transfusion as well as patient safety and quality markers supporting blood management stewardship to minimize unnecessary use of blood products.