Individual- and hospital-level correlates of red blood cell, platelet, and plasma transfusions among hospitalized children and neonates: a nationally representative study in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Factors associated with red blood cell (RBC), plasma, and platelet transfusions in hospitalized neonates and children across the United States have not been well characterized.

Methods

Data from the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) 2016 were analyzed. KID is a random sample of 10% of all uncomplicated in-hospital births and 80% of remaining pediatric discharges from approximately 4200 US hospitals. Sampling weights were applied to generate nationally representative estimates. Primary outcome was one or more RBC transfusion procedures; plasma and platelet transfusions were assessed as secondary outcomes. Analysis was stratified by age: neonates (NEO; ≤28 d), and nonneonates (PED; >28 d and <18 y). Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds r

SUBMITTER: Goel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7951993 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature