Pediatric Massive Transfusion Protocol: A Narrative Review and Proposed Algorithm
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and carries a disproportionately high mortality in pediatric patients. However, the literature surrounding pediatric trauma resuscitation, specifically massive transfusion protocol (MTP), is less robust than for adults. In this review, we assess the current state of the literature surrounding pediatric MTP (pMTP). Content experts in the field of trauma and pediatric surgery developed an algorithm to be used to identify cases requiring activation pMTP until a definitive scoring system that is both reliable and validated is created.
Authors
- Michaela Forgione
- Nicholas James Larson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-8891)
- David J. Dries (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-6318)
- Uroghupatei P. Iyegha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-3728)
- Amelia T. Collings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-0116)
- Frederick Bolles Rogers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3423-9488)
- Benoît Blondeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0400-1153)
- Barbara A. Gaines
Institutions
- Regions Hospital (US)
- Synod Hospital (IN)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- UPMC Presbyterian (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Surgeon
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348251400195
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00