Benefits and risks of red blood cell transfusion in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-511

  Guzzetta, Nina A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass; congenital heart disease; pediatric cardiac surgery; red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; BABESIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PARVOVIRUS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 79954550409     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03464.x     Document Type: Review

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