NL3090 NTR3244.

Study name	Perioperative Transfusion Study (PETS): does a liberal transfusion protocol improve outcome in high‐risk cardiovascular patients undergoing non‐cardiac surgery?
Methods	RCT
Participants	Elective high‐risk cardiac surgery participants Estimated enrolment: 100
Interventions	Liberal group: 11 g/dL transfusion threshold Restrictive group: 9.7 g/dL transfusion threshold
Outcomes	Troponin elevation above 99th percentile
Starting date	August 2015
Contact information	Felix van Lier; f.vanlier@erasmusmc.nl
Notes	Trial registration (prospective): NTR3244 (https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/3090) Funding: not specified other than 'initiator' (presumed, investigator)

Abbreviations

CIHR: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Hb: haemoglobin concentration
HSCT: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
ICU: intensive care unit
IHD: ischaemic heart disease
MACE: major adverse cardiac events
MDS: myelodysplastic syndromes
NHSBT: National Health Service Blood and Transplant (UK)
PAD: peripheral arterial disease
RBCs: red blood cells
RCT: randomised controlled trial
STEMI: ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction