Transfusion in pediatric sepsis: less may not be more, but it is at least as good

Editorial

Margaret M Parker. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep.

. 2011 Sep;12(5):592-3.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe3b1b.

No abstract available

Comment on

Red blood cell transfusion thresholds in pediatric patients with sepsis.
Karam O, Tucci M, Ducruet T, Hume HA, Lacroix J, Gauvin F; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group; PALISI Network. Karam O, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep;12(5):512-8. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe344b. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011. PMID: 21057356 Clinical Trial.

Mortality associated with restrictive threshold for red blood cell transfusion in pediatric patients with sepsis.
Shieh HH, Barreira ER, Goes PF, Souza DC, Ventura AM, Bousso A. Shieh HH, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;13(4):494-5; author reply 495. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31824fbb29. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012. PMID: 22766551 No abstract available.
Red blood cell transfusion thresholds in pediatric patients with sepsis.
Karam O, Tucci M, Ducruet T, Hume HA, Lacroix J, Gauvin F; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group; PALISI Network. Karam O, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep;12(5):512-8. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe344b. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011. PMID: 21057356 Clinical Trial.
Transfusion of Red Blood Cells to Patients with Sepsis.
Chan YL, Han ST, Li CH, Wu CC, Chen KF. Chan YL, et al. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Sep 11;18(9):1946. doi: 10.3390/ijms18091946. Int J Mol Sci. 2017. PMID: 28891973 Free PMC article. Review.
Monitoring efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in sepsis by sublingual microvascular perfusion: a tongue speaks without words.
Fu SL, Bluth MH. Fu SL, et al. Crit Care Med. 2007 Jul;35(7):1773-4. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000269396.54140.22. Crit Care Med. 2007. PMID: 17581359 No abstract available.
A study in scarlet: restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy.
Chen L. Chen L. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2015 Apr-Jun;38(2):217-9. doi: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000065. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2015. PMID: 25741963 Review.