Perioperative Transfusions and Venous Thromboembolism
Goel R, Josephson CD, Patel EU, Petersen MR, Makhani S, Frank SM, Ness PM, Bloch EM, Gehrie EA, Lokhandwala PM, Nellis MM, Karam O, Shaz BH, Patel RM, Tobian AAR. Perioperative Transfusions and Venous Thromboembolism. Pediatrics 2020, 145: e20192351. PMID: 32198293, PMCID: PMC7111487, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative RBC transfusionPostoperative venous thromboembolismNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProjectVenous thromboembolismRBC transfusionRed blood cellsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProjectDevelopment of VTESurgical Quality Improvement ProjectDay of surgeryMultivariable logistic regressionQuality improvement projectDose-dependent mannerPerioperative transfusionPostoperative transfusionTransfusion statusThird tertilePediatric patientsPostoperative developmentSecond tertileAnnual incidenceProspective studyTransfusion decisionsHospitalized childrenBody of evidence