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Flow diagram of the study. A total of 8521 adult patients with cardiac disease who underwent cardiac surgery were screened. A total of 283 patients were excluded and 8238 were included in the analysis, of whom 6547 received <4 and 1691 received ≥4 units of red blood cells (RBCs).
