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Transfusion Strategies for Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Author(s) -

Jacques Lacroix,

Paul C. Hébert,

James S. Hutchison,

Heather Hume,

Marisa Tucci,

Thiérry Ducruet,

France Gauvin,

JeanPaul Collet,

Baruch Toledano,

Pierre Robillard,

Ari R. Joffe,

Dominique Biarent,

Kathleen L. Meert,

Mark Peters

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa066240

Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , critically ill , organ dysfunction , packed red blood cells , blood transfusion , intensive care , hemoglobin , surgery , sepsis

The optimal hemoglobin threshold for erythrocyte transfusions in critically ill children is unknown. We hypothesized that a restrictive transfusion strategy of using packed red cells that were leukocyte-reduced before storage would be as safe as a liberal transfusion strategy, as judged by the outcome of multiple-organ dysfunction.

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