Marianne E Nellis, Oliver Karam, Stacey L Valentine, Scot T Bateman, Kenneth E Remy, Jacques Lacroix, Jill M Cholette, Melania M Bembea, Robert T Russell, Marie E Steiner, Susan M Goobie, Marisa Tucci, Paul A Stricker, Simon J Stanworth, Meghan Delaney, Lani Lieberman, Jennifer A Muszynski, David F Bauer, Katherine Steffen, Daniel Nishijima, Juan Ibla, Sitaram Emani, Adam M Vogel, Thorsten Haas, Ruchika Goel, Gemma Crighton, Diana Delgado, Michelle Demetres, Robert I Parker
OBJECTIVES: Critically ill children frequently receive plasma and platelet transfusions. We sought to determine evidence-based recommendations, and when evidence was insufficient, we developed expert-based consensus statements about decision-making for plasma and platelet transfusions in critically ill pediatric patients. DESIGN: Systematic review and consensus conference series involving multidisciplinary international experts in hemostasis, and plasma/platelet transfusion in critically ill infants and children (Transfusion and Anemia EXpertise Initiative-Control/Avoidance of Bleeding [TAXI-CAB])...
January 1, 2022: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine