title: Do liberal blood transfusions cause more harm than good?
abstract: Guidelines and evidence from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses increasingly support restrictive blood transfusion, but it is being implemented only slowly, explain Lawrence Tim Goodnough: and Michael Murphy: . They argue that electronic systems for clinical decision support could improve blood use.
authors.affiliation: Transfusion Service, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA ltgoodno@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Lawrence Tim
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Goodnough
authors.affiliation: NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK Oxford University Hospitals, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000592:standards; D058731:Blood Safety / Q000592:standards; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data