Recommendations on RBC Transfusions for Critically Ill Children With Nonhemorrhagic Shock From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To present the recommendations and supporting literature for RBC transfusions in critically ill children with nonhemorrhagic shock developed by the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative.

Design

Consensus conference series of international, multidisciplinary experts in RBC transfusion management of critically ill children.

Methods

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 nonhemorrhagic shock subgroup included five experts. Electronic searches were conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases from 1980 to May 2017. Agreement was obtained using the Resea

SUBMITTER: Muszynski JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature