2022
Plasma and Platelet Transfusion Strategies in Critically Ill Children With Malignancy, Acute Liver Failure and/or Liver Transplantation, or Sepsis: From the Transfusion and Anemia EXpertise Initiative–Control/Avoidance of Bleeding
Lieberman L, Karam O, Stanworth SJ, Goobie SM, Crighton G, Goel R, Lacroix J, Nellis ME, Parker RI, Steffen K, Stricker P, Valentine SL, Steiner ME, Network A. Plasma and Platelet Transfusion Strategies in Critically Ill Children With Malignancy, Acute Liver Failure and/or Liver Transplantation, or Sepsis: From the Transfusion and Anemia EXpertise Initiative–Control/Avoidance of Bleeding. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022, 23: e37-e49. PMID: 34989704, PMCID: PMC8769367, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnemia EXpertise Initiative-Control/AvoidanceAcute liver diseaseLiver transplantationExpert consensus statementLiver diseaseIntravascular coagulationIll neonatesPlatelet transfusionsIll childrenConsensus statementSystematic reviewLos Angeles Appropriateness MethodExpert-based statementsAcute liver failurePlatelet transfusion strategyDevelopment/UniversityCochrane Library databasesBleeding expertsRecommendations AssessmentTransfusion strategyLiver failureTransfusion managementAppropriateness MethodTransfusionSepsis
2018
International survey on anticoagulation and antiplatelet strategies after pediatric liver transplantation
Calinescu AM, Karam O, Wilde JCH, Ansari M, McLin VA, Wildhaber BE. International survey on anticoagulation and antiplatelet strategies after pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation 2018, 23: e13317. PMID: 30393923, DOI: 10.1111/petr.13317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiplatelet strategiesPediatric LTOptimal antithrombotic strategyProspective multicentric trialPediatric liver transplantationAntiplatelet therapyLiver transplantationAntithrombotic strategiesMulticentric trialVascular thrombosisAntiplatelet agentsHepatic arteryLT centersHAT ratePatient weightVascular problemsAnticoagulationFrequent determinantLtInternational surveyPresent surveyOnline surveyThrombosisAnticoagulantsTransplantationEffects of plasma transfusions on antithrombin levels after paediatric liver transplantation
Arni D, Wildhaber BE, McLin V, Rimensberger PC, Ansari M, Fontana P, Karam O. Effects of plasma transfusions on antithrombin levels after paediatric liver transplantation. Vox Sanguinis 2018, 113: 569-576. PMID: 29761839, DOI: 10.1111/vox.12664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiver transplantationPediatric liver transplantationPlasma transfusionAT levelsProspective single-center observational studySingle-center observational studyPediatric LT patientsProphylactic plasma transfusionPro-thrombotic profileLife-threatening complicationsPediatric LT recipientsOptimal anticoagulation strategyPro-coagulant factorsNon-inferiority hypothesisLT patientsAnticoagulation strategiesLT recipientsAntithrombin levelsThrombotic complicationsMedian agePatient weightObservational studyRoutine managementTransfusionBlood samples