Permissive anemia: How low should we go?

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From the Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Disclosures: Author has nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication Aug 3, 2015; accepted for publication Aug 3, 2015; available ahead of print Aug 28, 2015. Address for reprints: Glenn J. R.Whitman, MD, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans St, Zayed Tower/Suite 7107, Baltimore, MD 21287 (E-mail: gwhitman@jhmi.edu). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;150:1330-1 0022-5223/$36.00 Copyright 2015 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.008