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Estimating the effect of “treatment in the treated” - instrumental variable analysis vs conventional regression methods in the titre-2 trial in cardiac surgery

Authors: Chris Rogers, Katie Pike, Jonathan Sterne, Barney Reeves

Published in: Trials | Special Issue 2/2015

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Perioperative anaemia is associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery but, paradoxically, observational analyses have shown that red cell transfusion is associated with worse clinical outcomes. TITRe2 tested the hypothesis that a restrictive threshold for transfusion would reduce post-operative morbidity compared to a liberal threshold. …

Title: Estimating the effect of “treatment in the treated” - instrumental variable analysis vs conventional regression methods in the titre-2 trial in cardiac surgery
Authors: Chris Rogers
Katie Pike
Jonathan Sterne
Barney Reeves
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Trials / Issue Special Issue 2/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P147

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