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comprehensive PBM program must include age- and weightappropriate clinical protocols and policies for the management of preoperative anemia, perioperative bleeding, and
massive transfusion; these principles are expanded upon in
Fig.24.1. Goal-directed transfusion guidelines using restrictive transfusion strategies as supported by evidence are also
fundamental components [1, 37, 38].
Preoperative Blood Management
andConservation
Patients at risk for intraoperative, allogeneic blood transfusions must be evaluated for preoperative anemia and bleeding abnormalities as indicated by history and examination.
Preoperative anemia is widespread, as it is found in about
Fig. 24.1 Illustration of a
comprehensive pediatric
patient blood management
program with general
principles for perioperative
blood conservation strategies.
PBM patient blood
management, ICU intensive
care unit, POC point of care
40% of children worldwide and 15–20% of children in
industrialized countries [39, 40]. The main etiology is iron
deciency, which has a fairly simple treatment plan: iron
supplementation [41]. Iron supplementation has been demonstrated to increase hemoglobin levels and decrease blood
transfusions, and there is evidence that intravenous iron may
result in improved responses as compared to oral iron supplementation [5]. Preoperative anemia, however, is an independent risk factor and is associated with worsened
postoperative outcomes in pediatric surgical patients [5, 41–
43]. Although not routinely used, recombinant erythropoie-
tin for stimulation of erythropoiesis has been used
successfully in neonates and infants for increasing the hemoglobin concentration prior to surgery. However, recombinant
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frequent monitoring of response and iron levels. Nevertheless,
it is an additional resource for patients whose parents refuse
blood transfusions, whom other causes of anemia have been
excluded, or who are poor responders to iron supplementation [5, 27, 41]. In the neonate, important blood conservation
strategies also include the delay in umbilical cord clamping
and use of umbilical cord blood for initial laboratory sampling upon delivery [38, 44].
Additional blood conservation measures include the
following:
• Standardized guidelines for phlebotomy procedure.
• Obtain blood samples only when necessary.
• Optimize logistics of laboratory blood sampling, for
example, bundling of tests.
• Use the smallest collection tube and the minimum acceptable volumes allowable for laboratory testing.
• Remove sampling lines early.
• Return, rather than discard, excess sample volumes to the
patient.
• Use point-of-care testing devices.
• Use laboratory equipment needing only small volumes
for analysis.
• Use transcutaneous instruments for hemoglobin
assessment.
is needed to ascertain the best transfusion strategies for
patients with life-threatening bleeding, hemodynamic instability, and cardiopulmonary disease [25]. In select cases
(mostly in cardiac surgery when the parents refuse blood
transfusions), acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) at
the beginning of surgery, with return of the autologous blood
towards the end of surgery, has been associated with reduction in allogeneic blood transfusions [45]. Currently, there is
insufcient evidence to recommend its routine use, although
if implemented, institutional protocols should be in place to
ensure patient safety [4]. The rst consensus for recommendations for ANH standards and best practices in cardiac surgery, sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Blood
Management and published in 2020, do not address ANH in
the pediatric population [46]. A recent statement by the
Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative (TAXI) made
recommendations for restrictive transfusion practices for the
pediatric critically ill patient in the intensive care setting.
However, in neonates and premature infants, the evidence
supporting restrictive transfusion strategies is unclear [4,
25]. Cell salvage and reinfusion are also techniques shown to
effectively reduce allogeneic blood transfusions; evidence
suggests that bowel and cancer surgery are not absolute contraindications for its use. The use of factor concentrates and
recombinant coagulation products should be considered as
indicated for certain patients [5].
Intraoperative Blood Management
andConservation
If possible, surgery should be scheduled for at least 3 weeks
after the initial patient evaluation to allow sufcient time for
the medical evaluation and treatment of anemia [5].
Intraoperatively, the conduct of the anesthetic and surgery
should favor the minimization of bleeding, promotion of
hemostasis, and basic non-transfusion techniques for optimization of cardiac output and tissue perfusion (e.g., rhythm,
heart rate, preload, contractility, afterload, acid/base status,
electrolytes, and temperature). Appropriate surgical techniques and meticulous use of hemostatic topical agents are
signicant factors in decreasing surgical bleeding.
Recommended multimodal blood-sparing approaches
include the avoidance of non-purposeful hemodilution; optimization of acid/base status; focused blood pressure management to avoid hypotension with the judicious use of
inotropic support if necessary; avoidance of hypertension to
decrease the rate of bleeding; and the concurrent use of antibrinolytics. If signicant bleeding ensues, standardized
bleeding management protocols and transfusion algorithms
must be in place to guide management. Restrictive transfusion thresholds and goal-directed therapy guided by clinical
status and by point-of-care viscoelastic testing are the current standards for most pediatric patients, but further research
Postoperative Blood Management
andConservation
Postoperatively, PBM should continue with blood-sparing
methods for optimization of tissue perfusion, minimization
of bleeding and iatrogenic blood losses, treatment of coagulopathy, and utilization of antibrinolytics as appropriate.
Adding vitamin K can help if coagulopathy is present but
does not require immediate treatment. If the anemia is not
tolerated by the patient, the use of transfusion algorithms
with restrictive strategy is recommended as guided by point of–care viscoelastic testing [1, 43, 76].
Blood Management Recommendations
forSpecic Surgeries
The aforementioned recommendations are expanded upon in
the next section with a focus on specic surgery types. See
Tables 24.5, 24.6, and 24.7 for recommendations from major
international guidelines, which specically address pediatric
PBM for cardiac and other major non-cardiac surgeries as
well as special patient conditions. The level of evidence is
provided for each recommendation. Published guidelines for
pediatric PBM are based on systematic reviews of the pediat-

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PO
iron
1C–
IV
iron
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Table 24.5 Patient blood management recommendations for pediatric cardiac surgery
Pediatric cardiac surgery
Challenges
Unique cardiac physiology with often reduced reserve margins, e.g., cyanotic disease and parallel circulations
Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with associated hemostatic and physiologic derangements
Cardiac lesions with varying surgical repair techniques, CPB approaches, and perioperative management methods
Interventions Recommendations Grade
27] BCSH [19] NBA [4] ESA
NATA [
Preoperative
Anemia Treat iron deciency anemia with
Intraoperative
Antibrinolytics Administer lysine analogs 1B 1B R
CPB circuit Use miniaturized CPB for neonates
Ultraltration Conventional ultraltration or
Cell salvage Use of cell salvage 1C 1B PP 1B
POC testing for
heparin response
AT deciency FFP (10mL/kg) or antithrombin
Protamine dose Protamine dose should be calculated
Hemostasis
monitoring
Postoperative
Restrictive Hb
threshold
CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, R recommendation, PP practice point, PO per os, IV intravenous, ACT activated clotting time, AT antithrombin,
POC point-of-care testing, FFP fresh frozen plasma, Hb hemoglobin, PRBC red blood cell
oral or IV iron
Erythropoietin in specic cases 2C
and infants
modied ultraltration for neonates
and infants
Whole blood ACT or heparin
concentration
supplementation in the presence of
heparin resistance secondary to
antithrombin deciency
based on heparin concentration
Use direct thrombin inhibitors when
heparin is contraindicated
Monitoring of hemostasis to guide
the administration of blood products
Blood used for cardiac surgery in
neonates and infants should be used
before the end of storage day 5
Hemoglobin threshold for
transfusion in stable, acyanotic heart
disease
Hemoglobin threshold stable,
cyanotic heart disease
1C 1B–
1C
1B
1B
1C
1C
1C
1B Evidence is insufcient to make
1B –
Hb 7g/dL
asymptomatic
1B –
Hb 8g/dL with clinical
signs suggesting
symptomatic anemia
1C– with clinical
signs suggestive of
symptomatic anemia,
Hb 9g/dL
a specic recommendation
1C
2B –
Hb 7g/dL asymptomatic
2C –
In neonates or actively bleeding
or unstable children following
CPB, a higher Hb threshold
may be appropriate
2C– there is insufcient
evidence to make a
recommendation for children
with cyanotic heart disease
PP-viscoelastic
testing
ric PBM literature, which are mostly observational with a
paucity of high-grade evidence. Most recommendations were
created from evidence where available and expert- based consensus when the evidence is weak or insufcient. Across sets
of guidelines, most recommendations are generally concordant with variations from group to group due to different
methodology and reviewers. Procedures usually associated
with major blood loss or blood transfusions are cardiac, craniofacial, scoliosis and other major orthopedic surgeries, liver
transplantation, and major trauma. Main PBM recommendations rest on preoperative screening for anemia with diagnosis
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Table 24.6 Patient blood management recommendations for pediatric major non-cardiac surgeries
Major non-cardiac surgeries
Interventions Grade
SABM [
1] NBA [4] ESA [5] BSCH [19]
Preoperative
Anemia: treat
iron deciency
anemia with
iron
Intraoperative
Hb transfusion
threshold
Antibrinolytic–
administer lysine
analogs
Cell salvage 1B
Postoperative
Hb transfusion
threshold
CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, R recommendation, PP practice point, PO per os, IV intravenous, POC point-of-care testing, FFP fresh frozen,
plasma, Hb hemoglobin, PRBC red blood cell
The use of antibrinolytics
and intraoperative cell salvage
collection and re-administration
should be considered for all
pediatric patients undergoing
high blood loss surgery
including, but not limited to,
cardiac surgery with CPB,
craniofacial surgery, and
scoliosis/orthopedic surgery
R 1B– PO iron 1C–
R
In pediatric patients, including
those who are critically ill, a
restrictive transfusion strategy is
suggested in hemodynamically
stable pediatric patients
(excluding neonates):
Hb concentration<7g/dL,
PRBC transfusion is often
appropriate.
Hb concentration of 7–9g/dL,
PRBC transfusion may be
appropriate, based on the need to
relieve clinical signs and
symptoms of anemia.
Hb concentration>9g/dL,
PRBC transfusion is often
unnecessary and may be
inappropriate
R
Antibrinolytics may be
considered in large blood loss
cases such as scoliosis and
craniofacial surgery
PP
Tranexamic acid should be given
within 3hours of traumatic
injury
PP
In stable pediatric patients
(excluding neonates) Hb <7g/
dL, PRBC transfusion is often
appropriate
PP
Hb >9g/dL, PRBC transfusion is
often unnecessary and may be
inappropriate
In preterm infants requiring
transfusion, there is insufcient
evidence to support or refute the
use of either a restrictive or
liberal PRBC transfusion strategy
IV iron
We recommend the
use of red cell
salvage, which is
helpful for blood
conservation in
major cardiac and
orthopedic surgery
1C
Except for
premature babies
and cyanotic
newborns,
hemoglobin targets
in bleeding children
are 7–9g dL
We recommend a
target hemoglobin
concentration of
7–9g/dL during
active bleeding
1C
1C
With the exception of children
with sickle cell disease, there is
no evidence to suggest that
children undergoing elective
non-cardiac surgery require a
higher Hb transfusion threshold
than those in PICU (7g/dl,
stable patients without major
comorbidity or bleeding.
Excludes cyanotic children)
2C
Tranexamic acid should be
given if major blood loss
associated with traumatic
injury is anticipated
1B
Tranexamic acid should be
given when there is high risk of
signicant bleeding during
surgery
2C
Red cell salvage should be
considered in all children at
risk of signicant bleeding
undergoing surgery and where
transfusion may be required,
providing appropriately trained
staff are available
1C
Hb transfusion threshold of
7g/dL in stable patients
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Table 24.7 Patient blood-management recommendations for pediatric
patients with special situations
Special patients and situations
Grade
TAXI [25]
The patient
with sickle
cell disease
1B
“In children with sickle cell disease who are critically
ill or those at risk of critical illness, we recommend
RBC transfusion to achieve a target hemoglobin
concentration of 10g/dL (rather than a hemoglobin S
[HbS] of <30%) prior to a surgical procedure requiring
general anesthesia”
tion of antibrinolytics, the use of cell salvage, and restrictive
transfusion strategies as guided by viscoelastic testing.
Recommendations are mostly stratied by the GRADE scale
with the exception of the Australian National Blood Authority
which uses R (recommendation) if sufciently high quality of
data and PP (practice point) if the quality of data is weak [4].
Note that these guidelines often exclude the preterm and neonatal patient populations unless specied, as the evidence is
largely inconclusive in these populations.
Blood Management Guidelines: Pediatric
Considerations
A signicant number of hospitalized children receive at least
one blood transfusion. In fact, more than one-half of
extremely low birth weight preterm infants undergo a transfusion during their initial hospitalization [19]. Therefore, the
administration of blood products to children requires special
consideration. Children and particularly infants have a
unique physiology that requires weight-based product dosing, heightened vigilance during large volume transfusions,
and special blood banking processes related to a developing
immune system. Evidence supporting transfusion thresholds
in children stem from a limited number of studies but, in
general, evolving standards follow trends adopted in adult
blood management. Our understanding of the infant’s coagulation system or potential advantages of clotting factor
administration is particularly lacking. Much research needs
to be done to more clearly dene rational and evidence-based
administration in children, particularly with respect to the
long-term effects of restrictive transfusion thresholds.
Adverse Reactions inChildren
Recent reports suggest that children may suffer more adverse
transfusion reactions (ATRs) than adults [37, 47, 48]. In particular, febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTRs)
have been reported to occur at a rate ve times that seen in
48]. Because of their relatively small blood volume,
adults [
children are at particular risk of deleterious effects of rapid
transfusions. Cardiac arrest secondary to hyperkalemia, particularly in infants, is now established as a known hazard of
rapid blood infusion rates [49, 50]. The average potassium
concentration of a stored packed PRBC unit is 30–80 mEq/L,
which may lead to hyperkalemic cardiac arrest when relatively high blood volumes are administered at a rapid rate
[15, 18, 19]. It is recommended that transfusions in small
patients be initiated at volumes less than 15–20 mL/kg at of
less than 1 mL/kg/min under close monitoring, with a gradual increase in rate as tolerated [13, 19, 51]. Washed packed
red blood cells (PRBCs), which have a reduced potassium
content, or younger PRBCs (e.g., less than 7 days post-storage) may be requested for small patients requiring large volume transfusions, although existing evidence suggests that if
administered at a moderate rate, neonatal outcomes following older versus fresh PRBCs are not signicantly different
[
18]. Other ATRs associated with rapid transfusion in chil-
dren, particularly small infants, include ionized hypocalcemia, hypothermia, and volume overload.
Stored blood products contain citrate preservative (citratephosphate- dextrose-adenine; CPDA) as an anticoagulant,
which may bind the recipient’s plasma calcium and hinder
contraction and relaxation phases of the neonatal cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, leading to clinical hypotension [14].
Although this “citrate toxicity” can be seen in patients of all
ages, the immature neonatal liver is unable to rapidly metabolize citrate contained in large volume or rapid transfusions.
Whole blood, plasma, and irradiated PRBCs contain the
highest concentrations of citrate anticoagulant [52, 53].
Because of their relatively large blood volume to weight
ratio, children are particularly susceptible to the deleterious
effects of transfusion-related hypothermia. A hypothermic
child may exhibit decreased drug metabolism, apnea, and a
coagulopathic state. When rapid infusion is necessary, PRBC
and plasma transfusions should be run through a warming
device [13, 15, 51]. Volume overload is also a risk that may
not be readily appreciated in the small patient [47].
Transfusion- associated circulatory overload (TACO) is a
well-dened ATR that is also seen but not readily recognized
during anesthesia and surgery in the adult patient population
[54]. There are no specic criteria for TACO in the pediatric
population, but a typical presentation intraoperatively may
include hypotension, hypoxemia, and bradycardia, nonspecic signs difcult to distinguish from transfusion-related
hypocalcemia or hypothermia [47]. A dilutional coagulopathy, either from crystalloid administration or the administration of fractionated blood products absent coagulation factors
or platelets, may develop after loss of 1.5–2 blood volumes
[15]. A neonate’s ability to regenerate coagulation factors is
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however, tests of hemostasis in the preterm newborn are longer, and in the term newborn, may be are shorter than adult
values; the clinical signicance of this is unknown [51].
Pediatric Considerations forPretransfusion
Testing andBlood Processing
Children, particularly infants, may require special considerations with respect to pretransfusion testing and blood processing. For example, infants in the rst several months of life
have a reduced ability to produce alloantibodies against the
major blood group antigens (e.g., A, B, AB, and D) due to an
immature immunologic system; alloantibodies in a neonate’s
serum are of maternal origin. Therefore, prior to transfusing a
young infant, the infant’s pretransfusion testing should be
accompanied by a test for maternal blood type and antibodies
[13]. As a matter of caution, many transfusion services admin-
ister type O, Rhesus(D)-negative (Rh-neg) PRBCs to all
infants under 3–6months of age until both infant and maternal blood screening is performed [15]. When performed as a
matter of routine, this safety policy may strain a hospital’s
O-negative blood supply. Rh-neg cellular blood products
(e.g., PRBCs and platelets) and CMV- antibody negative products in general may be distributed in emergency situations for
infants and young children for whom pretransfusion testing is
unavailable. One concern is that the administration of Rh(D)positive cellular blood products to a Rh-neg infant, or any
female of potential childbearing age, may lead to alloantigen
sensitization. Rh-neg sensitization may set the stage for
Rh-incompatibility that may complicate a subsequent pregnancy or transfusion. Furthermore, Rh-neg sensitization may
also lead to extravascular (i.e., delayed) hemolysis that,
although typically mild, may lead to signicant morbidity in
younger or very small patients. CMV is transported through
white blood cells and can have a devastating outcome in susceptible and immunocompromised patients.
Many blood centers only administer blood that is CMVantibody negative to preterm and young infants. Leukoreduction
(LCR), under standardized procedure and quality control,
removes a substantial quantity of white blood cells from donor
products. The majority, but not all, of US blood centers perform pretransfusion leukoreduction of donated cellular blood
products. LCR is associated with a substantial reduction in
ATRs, including FNHTRs and graft-versus-host disease
(GVHD). Administration of blood that is both leukocytereduced and CMV-antibody negative has been shown to effectively eliminate the risk of transfusion- related CMV infection
in very low birth weight preterm infants. There is some evidence that leukocyte reduction of blood products prevents or
signicantly reduces the risk of CMV in stem cell transplant
patients and therefore arguably eliminates the need for CMVnegative blood products in susceptible populations [18].
Blood Preservatives
In an effort to reduce donor exposure, blood banks often
release small aliquots of blood from a single donor unit held
in preservative. The two main preservatives are AS (adenineglucose- mannitol) and CPDA, and both contain additives
that serve as nutrients to the stored PRBCs [13]. Adenine,
mannitol, citrate, and dextrose in high concentrations have
been associated with renal toxicity (adenine, mannitol),
intraventricular hemorrhage (mannitol), hypocalcemia
(citrate), and hyperglycemia (dextrose) [13, 55]. Thus, blood
stored for neonatal use is often preferentially reconstituted
with AS because it extends the shelf life of a PRBC from
35in CPDA to 42days, supporting continued use of a single
donor unit [13]. As with the precautionary measures that may
be used to prevent hyperkalemia, small volume (e.g.,
<20mL/kg), slow-rate infusions have not been shown to be a
preservative-related problem in preterm infants [13, 18, 55].
Packed Red Blood Cell (PRBC) Transfusion
Guidelines
A decision to transfuse must be based on a consideration of
the patient’s full clinical prole, including cardiorespiratory
disease, pending interventions, rate of blood loss, and comorbidities that may impact systemic oxygen delivery, rather
than a single laboratory value at one point in time [3].
Furthermore, anemia should always be addressed and managed prior to making a decision to administer blood [43]. As
in the adult patient population, a restrictive PRBC transfusion threshold may reduce the number of PRBC units transfused in stable, hospitalized children without an increase in
untoward outcomes [30–34]. The World Health Organization
(WHO) and several African societies set a transfusion threshold at 5g/dL for symptomatic children, suggesting that this
degree of anemia in asymptomatic children may be a new
cutoff for transfusion avoidance in resource-poor environments [56]. A recent consensus group of international
experts, the TAXI Initiative, also recommended a transfusion
threshold of 5g/dL in critically ill children without certain
comorbidities when considering the hemoglobin value alone
[25]. In 2019, a consensus statement was developed to guide
PRBC transfusions in children undergoing cardiac surgery
[27]. Further studies in both cyanotic and acyanotic children
undergoing cardiac surgery have lent support to the shortterm safety of lower PRBC transfusion thresholds in the
pediatric cardiac patient population [57, 58].
Transfusion thresholds for preterm infants, a unique
patient population with rapidly changing physiological
needs, are currently based on gestational age and cardiorespiratory status [19]. Neonates are typically transfused at a
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[14]. Several randomized controlled trials have examined
restrictive versus liberal transfusion thresholds in very low
birth weight premature infants, with conicting short-term
outcome results [59–61, 67]. Systematic reviews conclude
that despite a decrease in donor exposure and lower hemoglobin values, treatment endpoints and long-term outcomes
remain unclear in the restrictive strategy [32, 33]. A recent
multicenter trial (the ETTNO Randomized Clinical Trial)
examined long-term outcomes in infants at 2years corrected
age who had birth weights less than 1kg and concluded that
the rate of disability and death were unaffected using a
restrictive red blood cell transfusion threshold versus a more
liberal one [62]. The thresholds for transfusion were based
on individual patient factors such as postnatal age and illness
acuity. A pending multicenter study, The Transfusion in
Prematures (TOP) Trial will further examine longer term
outcomes associated with a liberal versus a restrictive red
blood cell transfusion threshold in extremely low birth
weight infants. Tables 24.8 and 24.9 contain suggested
Table 24.8 PRBC transfusion guidelines for prematurea and young
infants (<4months PNA)
Postnatal ageb (PNA;
days) Hemoglobin (g/dL)
Requiring
support
0–7 11.5 10
8–14 10 8.5
> 14 8.5 7.5
Acute blood loss,
symptomatic
Congenital heart disease Cyanotic: 9g/dL if symptomatic anemia
CNS bleeding <7–10g/dL
d
Symptomatic anemia <8g/dL
a
Premature indicates an infant less than 37 weeks corrected gestational
age
b
Postnatal age (PNA) indicates the chronological age, or time elapsed
birth
c
Respiratory support is dened as a need for mechanical support venti-
lation or FiO
d
An otherwise stable infant with bradycardia/tachycardia, poor weight
gain, or apnea
> 25%
2
10% of total blood volume
Acyanotic: 7g/dL; symptomatic anemia:
8g/dL
c
respiratory
No respiratory
support
PRBC transfusion guidelines based on hemoglobin value in
infants.
Children tend to be managed according to adult PRBC
guidelines and expert opinion [55]. Anemic children with a
chronic medical condition may be physiologically compensated and are often transfused at lower hemoglobin values.
As Table 24.10 demonstrates, current international PRBC
trigger guidelines are similar, with slight variation during the
rst weeks of life.
Plasma Transfusion Guidelines
Plasma may be the most overly administered blood product
available and is often administered based on laboratory values alone [19, 63]. In general, coagulation factor levels in
infants tend to be lower than those of older children and
adults, but the clinical signicance of this difference is
unknown [19, 64] (Table24.11). Despite differences in coag-
ulation factor levels, conventional test results of coagulation
are often treated similarly between infants and older children
[51]. As a result, routine coagulation screening may lead to
inappropriate transfusions, particularly in the neonate where
there is heightened anxiety over bleeding potential including
intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) [51, 65, 66]. In the
absence of confounding variables that may increase bleeding
risk, only 10–40% of coagulation factor activity levels are
needed to achieve hemostasis. Furthermore, there is no evi-
Table 24.9 PRBC transfusion guidelines for older infants (≥4months
PNA)
Symptomatic anemia: Hgb<7g/dL
Perioperative anemia with anticipated blood loss: Hgb<8g/dL
Congenital heart disease Cyanotic: 9g/dL if
Acute blood loss with hemodynamic
instability
Acute traumatic brain injury <10g/dL
Chronic transfusion regimen (e.g., sickle cell anemia, thalassemia,
leukemias) Hgb<7g/dL
symptomatic anemia
Acyanotic: 7g/dL;
Symptomatic anemia: 8g/dL
8g/dL
Table 24.10 RBC transfusion practices
Overview of international guidelines for red blood cell transfusions
British Committee for Standards
in Haematology 2016 [19]
Postnatal
week
Week 1 10–12g/dL <10g/dL 11–13g/dL 10–12g/dL <11.5g/dL <10g/dL <11.5g/dL <10g/dL
Week 2 9.5–10g/dL <7.5g/dL 10–12.5g/dL 8.5–11g/dL <10g/dL <8.5g/dL <10g/dL <8.5g/dL
Week ≥3
Modied from Ree and Lopriore [75]
a
For example, supplemental oxygen, high-ow nasal cannula, CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), positive-pressure ventilation
Respiratory
a
support
8.5–10g/dL <7.5g/dL 8.5–11g/dL 7–10g/dL <8.5g/dL <7.5g/dL <8.5g/dL <7.5g/dL
No
respiratory
support
Australian National Blood
Authority 2016 [4]
Respiratory
support
No
respiratory
support
Canadian Blood Services
2017 [64]
Respiratory
support
No
respiratory
support
Dutch Guidelines Quality
Council (Concept) 2018 [74]
Respiratory
support
No
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Table 24.11 Screening laboratory tests for hemostasis: neonates ver-
sus adults
aPTT Longer Longer 16years
Prothrombin
time
Thrombin
time
Bleeding time Longer
PFA-100 Longer
ROTERM/TEG
Clotting time Same Shorter 3months
Clot formation
time
Maximal clot
rmness
Modied from AABB Technical Manual, 19th ed, originally from
Revel-Vilk
aModied with permission from Revel-Vilk
bMaximum age reported
cIn samples drawn in the rst 7 to 10days of life
aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time, PFA platelet function analyzer, ROTEM rotating tromboelastometry, TEG thromboelastography
a
Preterm
neonates vs.
full-term
neonates
Longer Same or
Longer Same or
c
c
Same Shorter 3months
Stronger Stronger 3months
Neonates vs.
older children/
adults
longer
longer
Shorter 1month
Shorter 1month
Approximate age
adult values are
b
reached
16years
5years
dence that an international normalized ratio (INR) value
between 1.6 and 2.0 is indicative of future bleeding risk in
either the adult or pediatric patient populations [13, 51].
When available, the specic coagulation product should be
utilized to replace inherited or acquired coagulation deciency, rather than plasma. Recombinant coagulation products available include factors VIII, IX, VIIa, XI, and XIII,
prothrombin complex concentrate (factors II, VII, IX, X),
antithrombin III, protein C, and C1 esterase inhibitor.
Absolute contraindications to plasma transfusion in all age
groups include volume expansion and nutritional replacement therapy. A suggested plasma transfusion volume is
10–20mL/kg at an initial rate of 1mL/kg/min that is gradually increased as the patient is evaluated for signs of citrate
toxicity (e.g., hypocalcemia and hypotension). This dose of
plasma may result in an increase in coagulation factor levels
by approximately 15%, with a clinical effect lasting less than
12hours [13]. Recommended indications for plasma therapy
in children and neonates include the following.
Neonates
1. Treatment of clinically signicant bleeding in the face of
abnormal coagulation parameters
2. Prior to an invasive procedure in the face of abnormal
coagulation parameters
3. Treatment of severe hereditary protein S deciency
4. Treatment of protein C deciency if recombinant factor is
unavailable
Children
1. Coagulation factor consumption including disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC)
2. Prolonged PT/aPTT >2 times midpoint normal range for
age prior to an invasive procedure
3. Urgent warfarin reversal when prothrombin complex concentrate is unavailable or contraindicated (e.g., HIT
(heparin- induced thrombocytopenia))
4. Treatment of idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic
purpura (ITP)
5. Treatment of bleeding for acquired or inherited factor
deciencies when specic factor concentrates are
unavailable
6. Plasma exchange
Platelet Transfusion Guidelines
Sepsis, maternal disorders such as preeclampsia, the presence of intravenous catheters, and low blood levels of endogenous erythropoietin contribute to a high incidence (20–70%)
of thrombocytopenia in preterm neonates, resulting in a high
rate of platelet transfusions [18]. Platelet transfusions in
children are associated with more ATRs than other fractionated blood products [47]. The threshold for a platelet transfusion usually hinges on whether the goal is to prevent future
bleeding (e.g., prophylaxis) or to stop active bleeding in the
face of thrombocytopenia. The denition of thrombocytopenia has been dened as 150 × 109/L in both children and
adults [13]. From the neonatal period through adulthood,
platelet counts are similar. Neonatal platelets may be larger
and exhibit greater adhesion and faster clot initiation,
although the clinical signicance of this nding is unknown
[19]. Taken as an isolated nding, a platelet count alone does
not always predict a patient’s risk of bleeding. Patients with
a platelet count as low as 50×109/L may have normal coagulation in the absence of confounding variables such as cardiopulmonary bypass circuitry, drug administration, or an
alloimmune process.
In general, platelet transfusion trigger guidelines for
infants and older children tend to reect adult guidelines
[68]. A platelet count of 100×109/L was once the standard
for surgical hemostasis; however, with ongoing clinical
experience (including the high rate of ATRs associated with
platelets), the suggested transfusion threshold for major
non-neuraxial surgery has decreased to 50×109/L.Recent
adult studies support a count of 20 × 10
venous catheter placement [68, 69]. Although controversial,
the minimum acceptable count for diagnostic lumbar puncture, a procedure frequently performed in children with a
defect in platelet production, has been 10×109/L for many
years. Following a systematic review and expert consensus,
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this newly recommended threshold is 50× 109/L, despite
supporting evidence that is of very low quality [69]. In a
recent retrospective study of 900 propensity-matched, critically ill adult patients, there was no benet following prophylactic platelet transfusions in nonbleeding patients with
platelet counts as low as 20× 109/L, putting into question
all current guidelines [70]. Presumably because of a per-
(HUS), either because of a risk of continued consumption
(such as in ITP), or an increased risk of thrombosis [13, 64].
For children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass or extracorporeal life support (ECLS), platelet transfusions are recommended in the face of excessive bleeding unresponsive to
other measures such as heparin reversal, although a threshold
of 100×109/L has traditionally been chosen [27].
ceived risk of IVH, sick preterm infants and neonates often
receive platelets at a higher threshold (e.g., 20–50×109/L),
when a stable, nonbleeding infant or older child is unlikely
Cryoprecipitate Transfusion Guidelines
to have signicant bleeding at platelet counts as low as
10 × 109/L [13]. A recent multicenter trial (PLANET-2)
examined 660 premature infants and found less 28-day
mortality or episodes of major bleeding when applying a
prophylactic transfusion threshold of 25 rather than
50×109/L [71].
Platelet transfusion triggers suggested in a variety of clinical situations are listed in Table 24.12. Ideally, platelets
should be ABO-compatible with the recipient’s blood type,
because if not ABO-identical, the response as measured by
platelet count may be decreased [13]. Furthermore, because
all platelet preparations contain a small number of PRBCs
(possibly 0.5 ml/unit), ideal donor platelets are Rh(D)identical to prevent anti-D alloimmunization. A dose of
~5–10 mL/kg should increase a patient’s platelet count by
~50–100×10
9
/L.In the absence of life-threatening bleeding,
platelet transfusions should not be given in the face of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), heparin-induced
thrombocytopenia (HIT), or hemolytic uremic syndrome
Cryoprecipitate is a precipitant of fresh frozen plasma. The
pediatric literature lacks clinical trials comparing differing
cryoprecipitate dosing regimens or indications. There is no
evidence supporting the benet of prophylactic use of cryoprecipitate, including prior to invasive surgery. Typically
administered to replace brinogen, a single cryoprecipitate
unit contains factor VIII (80mg), brinogen (150mg), factor
XIII (up to 30% that is contained in original plasma), and
von Willebrand factor (up to 70% that is contained in original plasma) in a total volume of 10–15ml [13]. It does not
have to be ABO-compatible when used for non-neonates,
and its small volume comparatively reduces the risk of uid
overload often seen when plasma is used to treat clotting factor deciencies. ABO-compatibility is recommended for use
in neonates secondary to their small size and concerns over
hemolysis due to the alloantibodies that may be contained in
the precipitate [13]. Specic virus-inactivated factor concentrates such as recombinant factor VIII, von Willebrand factor
complex, or brinogen concentrate should be administered
in lieu of cryoprecipitate when these products are available.
Table 24.12 Platelet transfusion triggers
Platelet transfusion triggers by count (109/L)
Prophylactic transfusion
Prematurity (<37weeks PCA) <25
Term infants (>37weeks PCA)
<4months old <20
>4months old <10
Prior to lumbar puncture <50
Patient scheduled for major invasive
procedure
Qualitative platelet defect (congenital or
acquired)
CNS procedure <100
Central venous catheter placement Tunneled: <50
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune
thrombocytopenia (FNAIT)
Patient has an FNAIT-affected sibling <20–30
Bleeding patients
Active bleeding <50
Intracranial bleeding <100
Diffuse microvascular bleeding, ECLS,
cardiopulmonary bypass
Qualitative platelet defect Any platelet count if
<50
Any platelet count if
bleeding
Non-tunneled: <20
Stable patient:
<20–30
Unstable patient: <50
<100
bleeding
A “pooled” unit of cryoprecipitate is the product of 5–6
donors (~100–130ml) and, although heat-treated, may theoretically present an infectious and alloimmunization risk.
Recombinant brinogen concentrate is not yet FDAapproved in the United States for the treatment of acquired
hypobrinogenemia.
10–15ml] per 10kg body weight, which can be expected to
increase the child’s brinogen level by 50–100mg/dL [13].
A generally accepted threshold for cryoprecipitate transfusion in the setting of clinically signicant bleeding is 100mg/
dL.Other indications include the following:
1. Disease states with evidence of brinogen consumption
2. Hypobrinogenemia and a pending invasive procedure.
3. Bleeding following cardiac or other major surgery with
4. Inherited defects of brinogen, either quantitative (e.g.,
The recommended dose for cryoprecipitate is 1 unit [e.g.,
including DIC with bleeding.
evidence of low brinogen level.
abrinogenemia, congenital hypobrinogenemia,
Kasabach- Merritt syndrome, or hemangioma with thrombocytopenia) or qualitative (e.g., brinogen Cleveland,
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5. As treatment for hemophilia A or vWF disease in the
absence of a response to desmopressin or availability of
specic recombinant factor concentrates.
6. Platelet dysfunction in the face of uremia and hemodialy-
sis is not available.
7. Fibrin sealant.
Conclusion
In conclusion, pediatric PBM consists of a customized blood
conservation strategy, individualized to each patient according to their age and clinical condition. Fundamental considerations include attention to anemia, maintenance of
hemoglobin concentration, optimization of hemostasis, and
minimization of blood loss. Although the medical literature
does not contain an abundance of evidence supporting blanket application of pediatric PBM principles, transfusion trigger thresholds have decreased as supported by an increasing
number of trials. An interdisciplinary approach to patient
blood management along with a dedication to education,
quality control, and monitoring of institutional behavior is
essential to sustained PBM practices. Education with a focus
on the unique physiology of blood loss and replacement in
children is imperative for patient safety. Most importantly,
pediatric PBM is conrmation that we always act in the best
interest of our patients.
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