Red blood cell transfusion in critically ill children: A narrative review

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-183

  Istaphanous, George K ^a,b   Wheeler, Derek S ^b,c   Lisco, Steven J ^b   Shander, Aryeh ^d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood conservation; children; critical illness; erythrocyte; intensive care unit; pediatrics; red blood cell transfusion; surgery

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EMPHYSEMA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEBRILE NONHEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS B; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALARIA; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSITY; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 79953112846     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e30d09     Document Type: Review

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