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Rapaport B, Burnside G, Parks C, Duncan C, Richardson D, Ellenbogen J, Sinha A, Craig R, Diwan R, Hennedige A. Part II: Blood Transfusion and Donor Exposure in the Surgical Management of Trigonocephaly Patients: A Protocol From Alder Hey Craniofacial Unit. J Craniofac Surg 2024; 35:114-118. [PMID: 38063395 DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000009878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Trigonocephaly is a craniofacial malformation caused by premature fusion of the metopic suture. Surgical correction frequently results in the need for blood transfusion. Transfusion complications include transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs), immune-mediated reactions, and volume overload. Donor exposure (DE) describes the number of blood products from unique donors with increasing DE equating to an increased risk of TTI. We evaluate data on 204 trigonocephaly patients covering 20 years of practice with respect to blood transfusions and DE. This represents the largest series from a single unit to date. A protocol based on our experiences has been devised that summarizes the key interventions we recommend to minimize blood transfusions and DE in craniofacial surgery. Patients operated on between 2000 and 2020 were included. DE and a range of values were calculated including estimated red cell loss (ERCL) and estimated red cell volume transfused (ERCVT). Groups were established by relevant interventions and compared using the Mann-Whitney U test. Mean DE fell from 1.46 at baseline to 0.85 ( P <0.05). Median allogenic transfusion volume fell from 350 mL at baseline to 250 mL ( P <0.05). Median ERCL fell from 15.05 mL/kg at baseline to 12.39 mL/kg and median ERCVT fell from 20.85 to 15.98 mL/kg. Changes in ERCL and ERCVT did not reach statistical significance. DE can be minimized with the introduction of key interventions such as a restrictive transfusion policy, preoperative iron, cell saver, tranexamic acid, and use of a matchstick burr for osteotomies.
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Craniofacial Centre, Alder Hey Children's Hospital
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- Craniofacial Centre, Alder Hey Children's Hospital
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- Craniofacial Centre, Alder Hey Children's Hospital
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Nawrocki PS, Mulcahy B, Shukis M, Poremba M. Prehospital Use of Whole Blood for Ill and Injured Patients During Critical Care Transport. Air Med J 2022; 41:451-457. [PMID: 36153142 DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2022.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hemodynamic instability and hemorrhagic shock are frequently encountered by emergency medical services providers managing ill and injured patients during critical care transport. Although many critical care transport services commonly transfuse crystalloids and/or packed red blood cells (PRBCs), the administration of whole blood (WB) in prehospital care is currently limited. WB contains PRBCs, plasma, and platelets in a physiologic ratio to aid in oxygen delivery to tissue as well as hemostasis. This study describes a single critical care transport program's experience using WB for critically ill and injured patients and reports important clinical and safety outcomes. METHODS This study was a retrospective review of patients who were transported by a single rotor wing-based critical care transport service to 1 of 2 tertiary care receiving hospitals within a single health system. Patients who were transported between November 1, 2018, and November 30, 2019, and who received at least 1 unit of low-titer group O WB during critical care transport were included. The primary outcomes of interest included 24-hour mortality and the total 24-hour transfusion requirement. The safety outcomes included transfusion reactions, acute lung injury, acute kidney injury, and the incidence of venous thromboembolism. RESULTS During the study period, there were 3,084 total patients transported by our critical care transport service. There were 71 patients who received prehospital WB, 64 of whom met the inclusion criteria. The top 3 indications for WB administration included blunt trauma (n = 27, 42.2%), gastrointestinal hemorrhage (n = 15, 23.4%), and penetrating trauma (n = 11, 17.2%). The median total number of blood components transfused within 24 hours was 4.0 (interquartile range, 2.0-9.5), and the overall 24-hour mortality rate was 21.9%. CONCLUSIONS The administration of WB by emergency medical services providers to critically ill and injured patients in the prehospital setting is feasible and is associated with low incidences of adverse events and transfusion reactions. Further research is needed to elucidate the benefits of WB relative to current prehospital standards of care.
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- Philip S Nawrocki
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
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Carr NR, Hulse WL, Bahr TM, Davidson JM, Ilstrup SJ, Christensen RD. First report of transfusing low‐titer cold‐stored type O whole blood to an extremely‐low‐birth‐weight neonate after acute blood loss. Transfusion 2022; 62:1923-1926. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.17034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Nicholas R. Carr
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics University of Utah Health Salt Lake City Utah USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics University of Utah Health Salt Lake City Utah USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics University of Utah Health Salt Lake City Utah USA
- Obstetric and Neonatal Operations, Department of Neonatology Intermountain Healthcare Murray Utah USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics University of Utah Health Salt Lake City Utah USA
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- Department of Pathology Intermountain Medical Center Intermountain Healthcare Transfusion Medicine Service Murray Utah USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics University of Utah Health Salt Lake City Utah USA
- Obstetric and Neonatal Operations, Department of Neonatology Intermountain Healthcare Murray Utah USA
- Center for Iron and Heme Disorders University of Utah Health Salt Lake City Utah USA
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Braverman MA, Smith AA, Ciaraglia AV, Radowsky JS, Schauer SG, Sams VG, Greebon LJ, Shiels MD, Jonas RB, Ngamsuntikul S, Waltman E, Epley E, Rose T, Bynum JA, Cap AP, Eastridge BJ, Stewart RM, Jenkins DH, Nicholson SE. The regional whole blood program in San Antonio, TX: A 3-year update on prehospital and in-hospital transfusion practices for traumatic and non-traumatic hemorrhage. Transfusion 2022; 62 Suppl 1:S80-S89. [PMID: 35748675 DOI: 10.1111/trf.16964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Low titer type O Rh-D + whole blood (LTO + WB) has become a first-line resuscitation medium for hemorrhagic shock in many centers around the World. Showing early effectiveness on the battlefield, LTO + WB is used in both the pre-hospital and in-hospital settings for traumatic and non-traumatic hemorrhage resuscitation. Starting in 2018, the San Antonio Whole Blood Collaborative has worked to provide LTO + WB across Southwest Texas, initially in the form of remote damage control resuscitation followed by in-hospital trauma resuscitation. This program has since expanded to include pediatric trauma resuscitation, obstetric hemorrhage, females of childbearing potential, and non-traumatic hemorrhage. The objective of this manuscript is to provide a three-year update on the successes and expansion of this system and outline resuscitation challenges in special populations.
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- Department of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA.,United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Thromboelastography Changes of Whole Blood Compared to Blood Component Transfusion in Infant Craniosynostosis Surgery. J Craniofac Surg 2021; 33:129-133. [PMID: 34967520 DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000008106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT Surgical treatment of craniosynostosis with cranial vault reconstruction in infants is associated with significant blood loss. The optimal blood management approach is an area of active investigation. Thromboelastography (TEG) was used to examine changes in coagulation after surgical blood loss that was managed by transfusion with either whole blood or blood components. Transfusion type was determined by availability of whole blood from the blood bank.This retrospective study examined differences in posttransfusion TEG maximum amplitude (MA), a measure of the maximum clot strength, for patients transfused with whole blood or blood components. We included all patients less than 24 months old who underwent cranial vault remodeling, received intraoperative transfusions with whole blood or blood components, and had baseline and posttransfusion TEG measured. Whole blood was requested for all patients and was preferentially used when it was available from the American Red Cross.Of 48 eligible patients, 30 received whole blood and 18 received blood components. All patients received an intraoperative antifibrinolytic agent. The posttransfusion MA in the whole blood group was 61.8 mm (IQR 59.1, 64.1) compared to 57.9 mm (IQR 50.5, 60.9) in the blood components group (P = 0.010). There was a greater posttransfusion decrease in MA for patients transfused with blood components (median decrease of 7.7 mm [IQR -3.4, 6.3]) compared with whole blood (median decrease of 2.1 mm [IQR -9.6, 7.5] P < 0.001).Transfusion with blood components was associated with a greater decrease in MA that was likely related to decreased postoperative fibrinogen in this group. Patients who received whole blood had higher postoperative fibrinogen levels.
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Transfusion of whole blood largely was replaced by component therapy in the 1970s and 1980s. The recent military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan returned whole blood to military trauma care. Eventually, whole blood use was incorporated into some civilian trauma care. It has been utilized in several other civilian populations as well. Trials to compare whole blood to component therapy are ongoing.
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- Elizabeth A Godbey
- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA, USA.
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Nowadly CD, Fisher AD, Borgman MA, Mdaki KS, Hill RL, Nicholson SE, Bynum JA, Schauer SG. The Use of Whole Blood Transfusion During Non-Traumatic Resuscitation. Mil Med 2021; 187:e821-e825. [PMID: 33856481 DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usab128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence from military populations showed that resuscitation using whole blood (WB), as opposed to component therapies, may provide additional survival benefits to traumatically injured patients. However, there is a paucity of data available for the use of WB in uninjured patients requiring transfusion. We sought to describe the use of WB in non-trauma patients at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January and December 2019, the BAMC ClinComp electronic medical record system was reviewed for all patients admitted to the hospital who received at least one unit of WB during this time period. Patients were sorted based on their primary admission diagnosis. Patients with a primary trauma-based admission were excluded. RESULTS One hundred patients were identified who received at least one unit of WB with a primary non-trauma admission diagnosis. Patients, on average, received 1,064 mL (750-2,458 mL) of WB but received higher volumes of component therapy. Obstetric/gynecologic (OBGYN) indications represented the largest percentage of non-trauma patients who received WB (23%), followed by hematologic/oncologic indications (16%). CONCLUSION In this retrospective study, WB was most commonly used for OBGYN-associated bleeding. As WB becomes more widespread across the USA for use in traumatically injured patients, it is likely that WB will be more commonly used for non-trauma patients. More outcome data are required to safely expand the indications for WB use beyond trauma.
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- Craig D Nowadly
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA
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- Medical Command, Texas Army National Guard, Austin, TX 78703, USA.,Department of Surgery, UNM School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of pediatric, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA.,Uniformed Services Univeristy of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA.,Uniformed Services Univeristy of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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Whole Blood Resuscitation for Pediatric Trauma: Why We Must Move Forward. CURRENT SURGERY REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40137-021-00287-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Reece JT, Sesok-Pizzini D. Inventory Management and Product Selection in Pediatric Blood Banking. Clin Lab Med 2020; 41:69-81. [PMID: 33494886 DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2020.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Blood banks need to understand patterns of use and ordering practices to provide the blood donor centers with the best information with which to develop daily scheduled deliveries of blood products. Blood use is a large component of this process through maximizing physician education about appropriate ordering practices and use of appropriate tools. Simple measures can help provide guidance on the number of available components and the need to order more from the blood donor center. Special product requests in pediatrics, such as fresh blood, leukoreduction, irradiation, and antigen-negative units can also drive inventory practices and use patterns.
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- Jenna T Reece
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 5136 Main Hospital, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA.
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Walker SC, Andrews J. Novel Blood Component Therapies in the Pediatric Setting. Clin Lab Med 2020; 41:153-171. [PMID: 33494883 DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2020.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There have been recent advances in safer blood component preparation and use of adjuvant blood derivatives, which have limited safety and efficacy data on use in children. This article reviews the literature on use of whole blood, solvent/detergent-treated plasma, pathogen-reduced platelets, and fibrinogen concentrate in pediatric patients. Many countries have adopted pathogen-reduced blood product technology, and hospitals in the United States are slowly adopting these products. The pediatric transfusion medicine community needs to appraise the evidence for their use and continue to advocate the inclusion of children in the most robust randomized clinical trials for novel blood components.
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- Shannon C Walker
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Preston Research Building #397, 2220 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 4605, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 4605, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Bahr TM, DuPont TL, Christensen TR, Rees T, O'Brien EA, Ilstrup SJ, Christensen RD. Evaluating emergency-release blood transfusion of newborn infants at the Intermountain Healthcare hospitals. Transfusion 2019; 59:3113-3119. [PMID: 31479169 DOI: 10.1111/trf.15495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND An emergency-release blood transfusion (ERBT) protocol (uncrossmatched type O-negative red blood cells, AB plasma, AB platelets) is critical for neonatology practice. However, few reports of emergency transfusions are available. We conducted an ERBT quality improvement project as a basis for progress. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS For each ERBT in the past 8 years, we logged indications, products, locations and timing of the transfusions, and outcomes. RESULTS One hundred forty-nine ERBTs were administered; 42% involved a single blood product, and 58% involved two or more. The incidence was 6.25 ERBT per 10,000 live births, with a higher rate (9.52 ERBT/10,000) in hospitals with a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) (p < 0.001). Seventy percent of ERBTs were administered in a NICU and 30% in a delivery room, operating room, or emergency department. Indications were abruption/previa (32.2%), congenital anemia (i.e., fetomaternal hemorrhage; 15.4%), umbilical cord accident (i.e., velamentous insertion; 15.0%), and bleeding/coagulopathy (12.8%). Fifty-eight percent of those with hemorrhage before birth did not have a hemoglobin value reported on the umbilical cord gas; thus, anemia was not recognized initially. None of the 149 ERBTs were administered using a blood warmer. The mortality rate of recipients was 35%. CONCLUSION Based on our findings, we recommend including a hemoglobin value with every cord blood gas after emergency delivery to rapidly identify fetal anemia. We also discuss two potential improvements for future testing: 1) the use of a warming device for massive transfusion of neonates and 2) the use of low-titer group O cold-stored whole blood for massive hemorrhage in neonates.
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- Timothy M Bahr
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Intermountain Healthcare Transfusion Services and Department of Pathology Intermountain Medical Center, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Women and Newborn's Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Intermountain Healthcare Transfusion Services and Department of Pathology Intermountain Medical Center, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Women and Newborn's Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah.,Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Pivalizza EG, Stephens CT, Sridhar S, Gumbert SD, Rossmann S, Bertholf MF, Bai Y, Cotton BA. Whole Blood for Resuscitation in Adult Civilian Trauma in 2017: A Narrative Review. Anesth Analg 2019; 127:157-162. [PMID: 29771715 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000003427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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After a hiatus of several decades, the concept of cold whole blood (WB) is being reintroduced into acute clinical trauma care in the United States. Initial implementation experience and data grew from military medical applications, followed by more recent development and data acquisition in civilian institutions. Anesthesiologists, especially those who work in acute trauma facilities, are likely to be presented with patients either receiving WB from the emergency department or may have WB as a therapeutic option in massive transfusion situations. In this focused review, we briefly discuss the historical concept of WB and describe the characteristics of WB, including storage, blood group compatibility, and theoretical hemolytic risks. We summarize relevant recent retrospective military and preliminary civilian efficacy as well as safety data related to WB transfusion, and describe our experience with the initial implementation of WB transfusion at our level 1 trauma hospital. Suggestions and collective published experience from other centers as well as ours may be useful to those investigating such a program. The role of WB as a significant therapeutic option in civilian trauma awaits further prospective validation.
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- Evan G Pivalizza
- From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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- Executive Staff, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, Texas
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- Surgery, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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Muhly WT, Tan JM, Hsu G, Sesok-Pizzini DA, Fiadjoe JE, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP, Stricker PA. Care Standardization Reduces Blood Donor Exposures and Transfusion in Complex Cranial Vault Reconstruction. Hosp Pediatr 2018; 8:595-603. [PMID: 30181236 DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2018-0027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Complex cranial vault reconstruction (CCVR) often requires a large-volume transfusion of blood products. We implemented a series of improvement interventions to reduce blood donor exposures (BDE) and transfusion requirements in CCVR. METHODS We implemented interventions over 4 epochs: (E1) reconstituted blood (1:1 ratio of donor-matched red blood cells and fresh-frozen plasma) for intraoperative transfusions, (E2) reconstituted blood plus postoperative transfusion guidelines, (E3) reconstituted blood plus intraoperative antifibrinolytics and postoperative guidelines, and (E4) fresh whole blood for intraoperative transfusion, antifibrinolytics, and postoperative guidelines. Primary outcomes, BDE, and total volume of blood products transfused are presented by using statistical process control charts, with statistical comparisons between each epoch and baseline data. RESULTS We included 347 patients <72 months old who underwent CCVR between 2008 and 2016 (E1: n = 50; E2: n = 41; E3: n = 87; and E4: n = 169). They were compared with a baseline sample group of 138 patients who were managed between 2001 and 2006. Compared with our baseline group, patients in each epoch had a significant reduction in BDE (P = .02-<.0001). Conversely, compared with the baseline group, we observed an increase the volume of blood products transfused in E1 (P = .004), no difference in E2 (P = .6) or E3 (P = .46), and a reduction in the volume of blood products transfused in E4 (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS The implementation of sequential clinical improvement strategies resulted in a sustained reduction in BDE whereas only the use of whole blood resulted in a significant reduction in the total volume of blood products transfused in children undergoing CCVR.
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and
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- Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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