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ReviewJournal of blood medicine2020

Massive Transfusion Protocols for Pediatric Patients: Current Perspectives.

Meagan E Evangelista, Michaela Gaffley, Lucas P Neff

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Review in Journal of blood medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Systems-based care of the injured child: Technical report.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2025
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  7. Canadian tertiary care pediatric massive hemorrhage protocols: a survey and comprehensive national review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024
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  8. Evaluation of perioperative risk factors in pediatric patients with left ventricle outflow tract obstruction.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2023
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  10. Time is tissue: Barriers to timely transfusion after pediatric injury.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Meagan E EvangelistaGeneral Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0322-3221
Michaela GaffleyGeneral Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7959-8938
Lucas P NeffPediatric Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In adults, the use of balanced resuscitation and study of massive transfusion protocols have led to improved outcomes for patients and continues to be refined. In children, massive transfusion protocols require further development and study to assess efficacy. Standardization is needed as transfusions and activation of protocols still rely on physician discretion in most pediatric settings. Further research is required to define the pediatric trauma population that will benefit, when to activate these protocols and how to use adjuncts such as tranexamic acid or factor VII in resuscitation. In addition, future implementation of technology such as hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers to increase survival should be studied further in this subset of patients.

Indexed as

blood transfusionsmassive transfusion protocolspediatric massive transfusionpediatric resuscitationpediatric trauma

Identifiers

PMID32547282
PMCPMC7247594

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