Drivers of blood use in paediatric trauma: A retrospective cohort study.

Hermela T GebregiorgisRida A HasanZhinan LiuJimmy P PhuongLynn G StansburyJenna KhanHamilton C TsangMonica S VavilalaJohn R Hess

Published in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2022)

Transfusion in the care of acute paediatric trauma is uncommon (<10% of injured minors in our cohorts received any blood products), and injury severity, particularly firearms injury-not age-drove transfusion.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
cardiac surgery
emergency department
liver failure
healthcare
trauma patients
palliative care
sickle cell disease
drug induced
acute kidney injury
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
chronic pain
mechanical ventilation