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Intervention vs control: Blood transfusion (red cell or whole blood)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Intervention vs control
Red cell or whole blood transfusion ‐ Aprotinin versus control · Patients with liver transplantation.
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted8 studies · 375 participantsVery low
Intervention vs control
Red cell or whole blood transfusion ‐ Tranexamic acid versus control · Patients with liver transplantation.
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted4 studies · 159 participantsVery low
Intervention vs control
Red cell or whole blood transfusion ‐ Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) versus control · Patients with liver transplantation.
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted2 studies · 221 participantsVery low
Intervention vs control
Red cell or whole blood transfusion ‐ Thromboelastography versus control · Patients with liver transplantation.
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted2 studies · 62 participantsVery low
Intervention vs control
Red cell or whole blood transfusion ‐ Tranexamic acid versus aprotinin · Patients with liver transplantation.
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted3 studies · 198 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation
2011 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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