Blood transfusion
Patients with haemoglobin 10g/dL (approximate haematocrit of 0.3) should be maintained.
Once shock has resolved, a lower transfusion threshold may be appropriate. In an ICU trial of transfusion thresholds, subgroup analysis of children with haemodynamically stable sepsis showed no significant differences in mortality, length of stay, or progressive organ failure between restrictive and liberal transfusion thresholds (haemoglobin