PMID: 9445491Jan 31, 1998Paper

Variations in transfusion practice in neonatal intensive care

Pediatrics
S A RingerW H Churchill

Abstract

To compare the transfusion practices between two neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to assess the impact of local practice styles on the timing, number, and total volume of packed red cell transfusions in very low birth weight infants. To derive multivariate models to describe practice and to identify potential areas for improvement in the future. We reviewed phlebotomy losses and transfusion rates between two NICUs (A and B) for 270 consecutive admissions of birth weight < 1500 g. We stratified for birth weight and for illness severity by the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology (SNAP). Measures of short-term outcome were compared. We derived multivariate models to describe and compare the practices in the two NICUs. Patients in NICU A had smaller phlebotomy losses than those in NICU B. A lower percentage of the patients in NICU A (65% vs 87%) received transfusions, but they tended to receive a greater total volume per kg per patient (67 mL/kg vs 54.8 mL/kg). Transfusion timing differed between the NICUs; in NICU A only approximately one-half of their transfusions occurred in the first 2 weeks, whereas in NICU B almost 70% of the transfusions were given in this time period. Multivariate models showed that phlebotomy losses w...Continue Reading

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