Table 85Length of hospital stay (adults)

OutcomesNo. of Participants
(studies)
Follow up		Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)		Relative effect
(95% CI)		Anticipated absolute effects
Risk with ControlRisk difference with Length of hospital stay (adults)
(95% CI)
Hospital length of stay1772
(3 studies)		LOWa,b
due to risk of bias, imprecision		The mean hospital length of stay in the intervention groups was
2.16 lower
(3.81 to 0.5 lower)
a

Majority of the evidence is from studies at high risk of bias.

b

Confidence interval crosses MID.

From: 10, Red blood cell: thresholds and targets

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