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. 2018 Oct 6;18(4):303–308. doi: 10.1007/s40268-018-0249-5

Table 3.

RIWA study major bleeding criteria

Fatal bleeding and/or
Symptomatic bleeding in a critical area or organ, such as intracranial, intraspinal, intraocular, retroperitoneal, intra-articular or pericardial, or intramuscular with compartment syndrome, and/or
Bleeding causing a fall in hemoglobin level of 20 g L−1 (1.24 mmol L−1) or more, or leading to transfusion of two or more units of whole blood or red cells

Adapted from Schulman et al. [13]