Whole blood transfusion in pediatric trauma patients with traumatic brain injury may decrease the risk of early death
This study found only 11% of pediatric trauma patients with TBI received whole blood, however whole blood patients had a lower associated risk of early death compared with component blood therapy. Future prospective research is needed to validate these findings.
Authors
- Robert Painter
- Jeffry Nahmias
- Laura F. Goodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-8311)
- Yigit S. Guner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-0832)
- Areg Grigorian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-796X)
- Peter Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-7167)
- Jefferson W. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-6864)
- Patrick M. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-964X)
- Tyler Liang
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Orange County (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Irvine University (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Surgery International
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-025-06175-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.51