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 association
2010
Association between length of storage of transfused red blood cells and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in pediatric intensive care patients
Gauvin F, Spinella PC, Lacroix J, Choker G, Ducruet T, Karam O, Hébert PC, Hutchison JS, Hume HA, Tucci M, Network O. Association between length of storage of transfused red blood cells and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in pediatric intensive care patients. Transfusion 2010, 50: 1902-1913. PMID: 20456697, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02661.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple organ dysfunction syndromeProgressive multiple organ dysfunction syndromeOrgan dysfunction syndromeIll childrenDysfunction syndromePediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction scoreRed blood cell storage timeLogistic Organ Dysfunction scorePediatric intensive care patientsOrgan dysfunction scoreIntensive care patientsRBC storage timeMultivariate logistic regressionRed blood cellsDysfunction scoreCare patientsRestrictive groupIndependent associationCohort analysisPatientsHigh mortalityGreater riskLogistic regressionRBC unitsStudy design
2009
Length of storage and in vitro immunomodulation induced by prestorage leukoreduced red blood cells
Karam O, Tucci M, Toledano BJ, Robitaille N, Cousineau J, Thibault L, Lacroix J, Le Deist F. Length of storage and in vitro immunomodulation induced by prestorage leukoreduced red blood cells. Transfusion 2009, 49: 2326-2334. PMID: 19624600, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02319.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole blood culturesT cell activationCD25 expressionBlood culturesLeukoreduced RBCsRBC unitsBlood cellsRed blood cell unitsIL-10 levelsTNF-alpha levelsIL-6 levelsTNF-alpha productionTumor necrosis factorWhite blood cellsRed blood cellsIL-10Blood recipientsCytokine productionIL-6Immunomodulatory effectsCytokine releaseNecrosis factorRBC supernatantsDay 1Day 24