2024
Development and evaluation of trigger tools to identify pediatric blood management errors
Kandaswamy S, Josephson C, Rollins M, Jones J, Zerra P, Goel R, Andrews J, Hendrickson J, Lieberman L, Orenstein E. Development and evaluation of trigger tools to identify pediatric blood management errors. Blood Transfusion 2024, 22: 484-491. PMID: 38557324, PMCID: PMC11576144, DOI: 10.2450/bloodtransfus.606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsAutomated trigger toolsTrigger ToolQueries of electronic health recordsPositive patient identificationPediatric health systemPositive predictive valueRAND-UCLA methodSurveillance systemHealth recordsAdverse eventsPassive surveillance methodsHealth systemPediatric environmentPassive surveillance systemPatient identificationActive surveillance systemNear missesMiss eventsExpert panelMedicine specialistsPatient blood managementOver-transfusionManual reviewManagement errors
2021
Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice
Patel RM, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Birch R, Goel R, Karam O, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M, National Heart L, Mast A, Hod E, Custer B, Vichinsky E, Spencer B, Mathew S, Harris D, Busch M, Norris P, Ness P, Kleinman S, Tamburro R, Glynn S, Malkin K. Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2021, 235: 92-99.e4. PMID: 33836184, PMCID: PMC8316298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of gestationEntire cohortPretransfusion hemoglobinPlatelet countNeonatal transfusionBlood Institute Recipient EpidemiologyDonor Evaluation Study-IIIInternational normalized ratio (INR) valuesHematologic valuesNeonatal transfusion practicesPretransfusion platelet countRetrospective cohort studyBlood product transfusionGestational age groupsPatient blood managementNational Heart LungRecipient EpidemiologyInitial hospitalizationProduct transfusionCohort studyRed blood cellsGestational ageTransfusion practiceHeart LungBlood management