Tuesday 17 April 2018

Red blood cell transfusion in adult palliative care: a systematic review

Transfusion 2018, 58 (1): 233-241
Nicolas Chin-Yee, Joshua Taylor, Kaitlyn Rourke, Danika Faig, Alexandra Davis, Dean Fergusson, Elianna Saidenberg

The authors of this review concluded that although RBC transfusions might provide some relief and improve subjective well-being, the size and magnitude of the effects and the risks are unclear with no high quality evidence to support and guide the use of this procedure in the palliative care population.