Abstract
To present the recommendations and supporting literature for RBC transfusions in critically ill children with acute brain injury developed by the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Consensus conference series of international, multidisciplinary experts in RBC transfusion management of critically ill children. The panel of 38 experts developed evidence-based, and when evidence was lacking, expert-based clinical recommendations as well as research priorities for RBC transfusions in critically ill children. The acute brain injury subgroup included three experts. Electronic searches were conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases from 1980 to May 2017. Agreement was obtained using the Research and Development/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Results were summarized using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation method. Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative Consensus Conference experts developed and agreed upon two clinical and two research recommendations focused on RBC transfusion in the critically ill child with acute brain injury. Recommendations include consideration of RBC transfusion for a hemoglobin concentration between 7 and 10 g/dL in pa...Continue Reading
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