Transfusion in neonates and older children: Principles and updates
Transfusion in neonates and older children: Principles and updates
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DOI:
10.1016/j.tracli.2019.07.003
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发表时间:
2019-09-01
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1.7
通讯作者:
New, H., V
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New, H., V
Transfusions for neonates and older children follow similar principles as in adults. In many areas the age-appropriate evidence base is lacking, with consensus guidance extrapolated from adult studies and practice, but there have been several key paediatric randomised controlled trials (RCTs).‘Patient Blood Management’is the evidence-based approach to optimising the care of patients who might need transfusion thereby reducing transfusion requirements. Although the focus in many countries to date has been largely on adults, the principles of PBM are likely to be equally appropriate for neonates and children [1, 2]. Specific examples include the use of delayed cord clamping [3–5] a nd of small sample tubes and laboratory analysers to reduce the requirement for neonatal top-up transfusions. As for adults, there is evidence that pre-operative anaemia in neonates [6] and older children [7], is associated with worse post-operative outcomes, suggesting that measures to diagnose and correct pre-operative iron deficiency, commonly occurring in the paediatric age group [8], may also be beneficial.