Anemia, blood loss, and blood transfusions in North American
children in the intensive care unit Department of Pediatrics
Adolescent; Anemia; Blood Specimen Collection; Canada; Child;
Child, Preschool; Critical Illness; *Erythrocyte Transfusion;
Female; Hemorrhage; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; *Intensive
Care Units, Pediatric; Length of Stay; Male; Respiration,
Artificial; Risk Factors; United States Life Sciences | Medicine
and Health Sciences | Pediatrics RATIONALE: Minimizing exposure
of children to blood products is desirable. OBJECTIVES: We aimed
to understand anemia development, blood loss, and red blood cell
(RBC) transfusions in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
METHODS: Prospective, multicenter, 6-month observational study
in 30 PICUs. Data were collected on consecutive children (<18
yr>old) in the PICU for 48 hours or more. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
RESULTS: Anemia development, blood loss, and RBC transfusions
were measured. A total of 977 children were enrolled. Most (74%)
children were ane