Recommendations on RBC transfusion in infants and children with acquired and congenital heart disease from the pediatric critical care transfusion and Anemia expertise initiative

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2018, Pages S137-S148

  Cholette, Jill M ^a   Willems, Ariane ^b   Valentine, Stacey L ^c   Bateman, Scot T ^c   Schwartz, Steven M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; Consensus conference; Critically ill child; Heart disease; Red blood cell; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CONSERVATION; CHILD; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRADE APPROACH; HEART DISEASE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH PRIORITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EVENT; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ANEMIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 85054891646     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001603     Document Type: Article

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