Montreal—A restrictive transfusion strategy does not have a significant impact on either morbidity or mortality relative to a liberal transfusion strategy.
The systematic review and meta-analysis also found that the restrictive strategy decreased exposure to packed red blood cells (PRBCs) by more than 30%, while saving approximately 0.2 unit of PRBCs per transfused patient.
“The main objective of our study was to identify, appraise and summarize any evidence to compare restrictive and