Journal article
Comparison of a restrictive versus liberal red cell transfusion policy for patients with myelodysplasia, aplastic anaemia, and other congenital bone marrow failure disorders
- Abstract:
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Background: Bone marrow failure disorders include a heterogenous group of disorders, of which myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), forms the largest subgroup. MDS is predominantly a disease of the elderly, with many elderly people managed conservatively with regular allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusions to treat their anaemia. However, RBC transfusions are not without risk. Despite regular transfusions playing a central role in treating such patients, the optimal RBC trans... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons, Ltd Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Journal website
- Volume:
- 2015
- Pages:
- CD011577
- Publication date:
- 2015-10-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1469-493X
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:573364
- UUID:
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uuid:3e9371cf-5f47-4274-8b9f-394d9fa07478
- Local pid:
- pubs:573364
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573364
- Deposit date:
- 2015-11-16
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- The Cochrane Collaboration
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
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