One possible exception to the general lack of benefit of more aggressive RBC transfusion is the patient with acute myocardial infarction, with the recently reported MINT trial showing a strong trend in outcomes ( Carson et al., 2023 ) interpreted by some ( Bloch and Tobian, 2023 ) as supporting a more liberal transfusion strategy in these patients and, by extension, a recognition that one size does not fit all in RBC transfusion decision-making.
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Modulation of the allosteric and vasoregulatory arms of erythrocytic oxygen transport.
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