title: In Reply.
authors.affiliation: Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (J-L.V.). jlvincen@ulb.ac.be.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Ludhmila A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hajjar
authors.forename: Juliano Pinheiro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male