Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: An International, Multi-centre, Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Transfusion Thresholds in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Brief Summary: TRICS-III is an international, multi-centre, open-label randomized controlled trial of two commonly used transfusion strategies in high risk patients having cardiac surgery using a non-inferiority trial design.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults patients with cancer admitted to ICU due to severe clinical condition AND
* Septic shock diagnosis AND
* Solid neoplasm AND
* Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age less than 18 years OR
* Leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome OR
* Hematologic neoplasm OR
* Palliative treatment OR
* Renal Chronic Failure in Renal Replacement Therapy OR
* Karnofsky Status \< 50 OR
* Previous thrombocytopenia (platelet number lower than 50.000/mm3) OR
* Previous known coagulopathy OR
* Life-threatening bleeding OR
* Documented wish against transfusion OR
* Patients who refused participation in the study
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 or older
* Planned cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass
* Informed consent obtained
* Preoperative European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE I) of 6 or more

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who are unable to receive or who refuse blood products
* Patients who are involved in a preoperative autologous pre-donation program
* Patients who are having a heart transplant or having surgery solely for an insertion of a ventricular assist device
* Pregnancy or lactation (a negative pregnancy test must be obtained prior to randomization for women of childbearing potential.)
* Patients who are unable to receive or who refuse blood products
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age \> 18 years old
* Anticipated or proven admission to immediate postoperative resuscitation after scheduled or emergency oncology surgery, for the removal of a neoplastic lesion among the following surgical procedures:

  * Visceral surgery: Hepatectomy, duodenopancreatectomy, gastrectomy, esophagectomy, colectomy
  * Urological surgery: Radical prostatectomy, cystectomy, nephrectomy.
  * Gynaecological surgery: Ovariectomy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, pelvectomy
  * Thoracic surgery: Pneumonectomy, lobectomy
  * ENT Surgery: Total laryngectomy, pharyngectomy, glossectomy
  * Spinal surgery: corporectomy wherever it is performed.
* Hemoglobin level \< 9.5 g/dl between the day before surgery (D-1) and discharge from resuscitation at no more than 30 days postoperatively

Exclusion Criteria:

* - Myocardial infarction and/or unstable angina in the 4 weeks prior to surgery
* Refusal to participate in the study
* Minor patient (age \< 18 years)
* Refusal to transfuse red blood cell concentrates (Jehovah's Witness)
* Pregnant or breastfeeding women
* Patients under guardianship or curatorship
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients ≥ 70 years of age scheduled for intermediate- or high-risk non-cardiac surgery will be registered
* Registered patients will be randomised only if they indeed develop severe anaemia (if Hb level falls ≤ 9 g/dl) during surgery (=day 0) or day 1, 2, or 3 after surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

* preoperative Hb level ≤ 9 g/dl
* chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis
* suspected lack of compliance with follow-up procedures
* participation in other interventional trials
* expected death within 3 months
* inability to provide informed consent with absence of a legally authorised representative/ legal guardian
* temporary inability to provide informed consent
* previous participation in our trial
* patients who are prevented from having blood and blood products according to a system of beliefs (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses)
* preoperative autologous blood donation.

Answer: B