What is your hemoglobin target for PRBC transfusion in cases of acute brain injury?
Have recent trials (TRAIN trial and HEMOTION trial) influenced your approach?
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What hemoglobin level would you consider transfusion in a patient with acute brain injury?
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Neurology · UC Davis Health
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At our institution, our hemoglobin goal has always been 7 except for TBI patients, in which the goal has been 8.5. The TBI goal was a bit arbitrary and really just split the difference between 7 and 10 given some of the contradictory data. Given the new HEMOTION and TRAIN trials, we are revisiting o...
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