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This guideline will look at the use of RBC, platelet and plasma products and establish indications for each product based on review of the best-available evidence. This guideline is focused on transfusion practices in patients admitted to the PICU. Application to patients outside of the PICU must be done with careful clinical considerations and with the addition of any literature to support transfusion practices in patients outside of the PICU.
Most Recent References
Red Blood Cell Transfusion 2023 AABB International Guidelines. Carson J, Stanworth S, Guyatt G, et al. JAMA 2023; 330(19): 1892 – 1902
Executive Summary of Recommendations and Expert Consensus for Plasma and Platelet Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children: From the Transfusion and Anemia EXpertise Initiative – Control/Avoidance of Bleeding (TAXI-CAB). Nellis M, Karam O, Valentine S, et al. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022; 23(1): 34 – 51
Consensus Recommendations for RBC Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children from the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia EXpertise Initiative (TAXI). Valentine S, Bembea M, Muszynzski J, et al. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018; 19(9): 884 – 898
