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Perioperative Care (Pediatrics)

Acceptance of Moderate Normovolemic Anemia

Extreme anemia (Hb 33 g/L) in a 13-year-old girl: is the transfusion always mandatory? (opens new window)

Beverina I, Macellaro P, Parola L, Brando B

Source‎: Transfus Apher Sci 2018;57(4):512-4.

Indexed‎: PubMed 29803622

DOI‎: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.05.026

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29803622 (opens new window)

Minimizing blood transfusions in the surgical correction of craniosynostosis: a 10-year single-center experience. (opens new window)

Bonfield CM, Sharma J, Cochrane DD, Singhal A, Steinbok P.

Source‎: Childs Nerv Syst 2016;32(1):143-51.

Indexed‎: PubMed 26351073

DOI‎: 10.1007/s00381-015-2900-6

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351073 (opens new window)

Outcomes using a conservative versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategy in infants requiring cardiac operation. (opens new window)

Cholette JM, Swartz MF, Rubenstein J, Henrichs KF, Wang H, Powers KS, Daugherty LE, Alfieris GM, Gensini F, Blumberg N.

Source‎: Ann Thorac Surg 2017;103(1):206-14.

Indexed‎: PubMed 27496630

DOI‎: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.049

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27496630 (opens new window)

The premature infants in need of transfusion (PINT) study: A randomized, controlled trial of a restrictive (low) versus liberal (high) transfusion threshold for extremely low birth weight infants. (opens new window)

Kirpalani H, Whyte RK, Andersen C, Asztalos EV, Heddle N, Blajchman MA, Peliowski A, Rios A, Lacorte M, Connelly R, Barrington K, Roberts RS; PINT Investigators.

Source‎: J Pediatr 2006;149(3):301-7.

Indexed‎: PubMed 16939737

DOI‎: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.05.011

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16939737 (opens new window)

Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units. (opens new window)

Lacroix J, Hébert PC, Hutchison JS, Hume HA, Tucci M, Ducruet T, Gauvin F, Collet JP, Toledano BJ, Robillard P, Joffe A, Biarent D, Meert K, Peters MJ; TRIPICU Investigators; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group; Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network.

Source‎: N Engl J Med 2007;356(16):1609-19.

Indexed‎: PubMed 17442904

DOI‎: 10.1056/NEJMoa066240

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17442904 (opens new window)

The impact of restrictive transfusion practices on hemodynamically stable critically ill children without heart disease: a secondary analysis of the age of blood in children in the PICU trial. (opens new window)

Steffen KM, Tucci M, Doctor A, Reeder R, Caro JJ, Muszynski JA, Spinella PC; Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet) subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network

Source‎: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 1;24(2):84-92.

Indexed‎: PubMed 36661416

DOI‎: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003128

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36661416/ (opens new window)

Effect of transfusion guidelines on postoperative transfusion in children undergoing craniofacial reconstruction surgery. (opens new window)

Stricker PA, Fiadjoe JE, Kilbaugh TJ, Pruitt EY, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP, McCloskey JJ.

Source‎: Pediatr Crit Care Med 2012;13(6):e357-62.

Indexed‎: PubMed 22895004

DOI‎: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31825b561b

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22895004 (opens new window)

Neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants randomly assigned to restrictive or liberal hemoglobin thresholds for blood transfusion. (opens new window)

Whyte RK, Kirpalani H, Asztalos EV, Andersen C, Blajchman M, Heddle N, Lacorte M, Robertson CM, Clarke MC, Vincer MJ, Doyle LW, Roberts RS; for the PINTOS Study Group.

Source‎: Pediatrics 2009;123(1):207-13.

Indexed‎: PubMed 19117884

DOI‎: 10.1542/peds.2008-0338

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19117884 (opens new window)

PERIOPERATIVE CARE (PEDIATRICS)
Acceptance of Moderate Normovolemic Anemia
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