2021
UK prevalence of underlying conditions which increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease: a point prevalence study using electronic health records
Walker JL, Grint DJ, Strongman H, Eggo RM, Peppa M, Minassian C, Mansfield KE, Rentsch CT, Douglas IJ, Mathur R, Wong AYS, Quint JK, Andrews N, Bernal JL, Scott JA, Ramsay M, Smeeth L, McDonald HI. UK prevalence of underlying conditions which increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease: a point prevalence study using electronic health records. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 484. PMID: 33706738, PMCID: PMC7948667, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10427-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere COVID-19Health conditionsElectronic health recordsHigh riskRisk populationsCOVID-19Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLDSevere COVID-19 diseaseSecondary care recordsChronic kidney diseaseHealth recordsChronic liver diseasePoint prevalence studyBinomial exact confidence intervalsOlder age groupsPublic health interventionsWorking-aged individualsCOVID-19 diseaseWorking-aged adultsUK prevalenceCurrent asthmaLiver diseaseCancer survivorsPoint prevalenceKidney disease
2020
Effect of platelet storage duration on clinical outcomes and incremental platelet change in critically ill children
Nellis ME, Spinella PC, Tucci M, Stanworth SJ, Steiner ME, Cushing MM, Davis PJ, Karam O, The Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators network P. Effect of platelet storage duration on clinical outcomes and incremental platelet change in critically ill children. Transfusion 2020, 60: 2849-2858. PMID: 32959409, PMCID: PMC8396066, DOI: 10.1111/trf.16094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical outcomesIll childrenPLT transfusionsObservational point prevalence studyPediatric intensive care unitStorage ageSafety of plateletsFurther prospective evaluationPoint prevalence studyIntensive care unitImmune system dysfunctionFebrile transfusion reactionsDays of ageScreening weekCare unitProspective evaluationSystem dysfunctionTransfusion reactionsPlatelet changesTransfusionPLT countTransfusion efficacyAge groupsSecondary analysisSignificant associationPediatric Plasma and Platelet Transfusions on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Subgroup Analysis of Two Large International Point-Prevalence Studies and the Role of Local Guidelines.
Nellis ME, Saini A, Spinella PC, Davis PJ, Steiner ME, Tucci M, Cushing M, Demaret P, Stanworth SJ, Leteurtre S, Karam O. Pediatric Plasma and Platelet Transfusions on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Subgroup Analysis of Two Large International Point-Prevalence Studies and the Role of Local Guidelines. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020, 21: 267-275. PMID: 31644453, PMCID: PMC7060816, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBlood TransfusionChildChild, PreschoolExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFemaleHemorrhageHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, PediatricInternational Normalized RatioMalePlasmaPlatelet CountPlatelet TransfusionPractice Guidelines as TopicProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationMembrane oxygenationPlatelet transfusionsTotal platelet countPlasma transfusionPlatelet countSubgroup analysisInstitutional protocolMedian increaseInternational point prevalence studyPediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenationTotal median doseInternational normalized ratioML/Point prevalence studyPlatelet count valuesScreening weekMedian doseMild coagulopathyNormalized ratioInterventional studyLocal guidelinesObservational studyMedian reductionTransfusion
2015
Indications and Effects of Plasma Transfusions in Critically Ill Children
Karam O, Demaret P, Shefler A, Leteurtre S, Spinella PC, Stanworth SJ, Tucci M. Indications and Effects of Plasma Transfusions in Critically Ill Children. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 191: 1395-1402. PMID: 25859890, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0450oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational normalized ratioMedian international normalized ratioPlasma transfusionIll childrenCoagulation testsBaseline international normalized ratioPediatric intensive care patientsPediatric intensive care unitPartial thromboplastin time valuesCritically Ill ChildrenPoint prevalence studyIntensive care patientsIntensive care unitStrong evidence baseMinor bleedingPostoperative bleedingMost patientsPatient characteristicsTransfusion strategyCare patientsCare unitCritical bleedingNormalized ratioPrimary indicationTransfusion
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