Blood transfusion for the treatment of acute anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease and other digestive diseases

Table 1 Transfusion haemoglobin threshold according to patient’s age and characteristics and type of anaemia

Haemoglobin threshold (g/dL)	Patients characteristics and type of anaemia
< 5	Patients with chronic anaemia and without risk factors1
< 6	Patients with symptomatic2 chronic anaemia and without risk factors
	Acute anaemia in younger patients
< 7	Asymptomatic chronic anaemia in patients with risk factors
	Acute anaemia in surgical and critically ill patients
< 8	Acute anaemia in surgical patients older than 65 yr
< 9	Acute anaemia in patients with organ dysfunction3
< 10	Patients with massive transfusion
> 10	Do not transfuse

¹Risk factors;

²Symptomatic anaemia;

³Organ dysfunction.