Scenario Decision-Making About Plasma and Platelet Transfusion for Intracranial Monitor Placement: Cross-Sectional Survey of Pediatric Intensivists and Neurosurgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report pediatric intensivists' and pediatric neurosurgeons' responses to case-based scenarios about plasma and platelet transfusions before intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor placement in children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design

Cross-sectional, electronic survey to evaluate reported plasma and platelet transfusion decisions in eight scenarios of TBI in which ICP monitor placement was indicated.

Setting

Survey administered through the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons.

Subjects

Pediatric intensivists and pediatric neurosurgeons.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

A total of 184 participants responded (85 identified as pediatric int

SUBMITTER: Nellis ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10994730 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature