For patients with acute brain injury, a liberal transfusion strategy is associated with a lower risk for having an unfavorable neurological outcome, according to a study. Fabio Silvio Taccone, M.D., Ph.D., from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, and colleagues examined the impact of two different hemoglobin thresholds to guide red blood cell transfusions on neurological outcome in patients with acute brain injury in a trial conducted in 72 intensive care units across 22 countries. A total of 850 patients were randomly assigned to undergo a liberal or restrictive transfusion strategy over a 28-day period (transfusions triggered by hemoglobin...