Transfusion of leukocyte-depleted RBCs is independently associated with increased morbidity after pediatric cardiac surgery

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-305

  Kneyber, Martin C J ^a,b   Grotenhuis, Femke ^a   Berger, Rolf F M ^a   Ebels, Tjark W ^a,b   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^b   Albers, Marcel J I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

child; critical care; outcome; pediatric cardiac surgery; RBC transfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874932414     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182745472     Document Type: Article

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