2021
Epidemiology of the Use of Hemostatic Agents in Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Pediatric Health Information System Database Study
Nellis ME, Vasovic LV, Goel R, Karam O. Epidemiology of the Use of Hemostatic Agents in Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Pediatric Health Information System Database Study. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2021, 9: 673613. PMID: 34041211, PMCID: PMC8141845, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.673613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHemostatic blood productsECMO daysPercent of childrenBlood productsMembrane oxygenationPediatric Health Information System Database StudyPediatric Health Information System databaseHealth Information System databaseUse of TXAHospital mortality rateRetrospective observational studyU.S. children's hospitalsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationMedian ageChildren's HospitalMedian lengthHemostatic measuresInformation System databaseObservational studyECMODatabase studyHigh riskMortality rateHemostatic agentsFactor VIIa
2010
Association between length of storage of red blood cell units and outcome of critically ill children: a prospective observational study
Karam O, Tucci M, Bateman ST, Ducruet T, Spinella PC, Randolph AG, Lacroix J. Association between length of storage of red blood cell units and outcome of critically ill children: a prospective observational study. Critical Care 2010, 14: r57. PMID: 20377853, PMCID: PMC2887178, DOI: 10.1186/cc8953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric intensive care unitMultiple organ dysfunction syndromeRed blood cell unitsOrgan dysfunction syndromeDysfunction syndromeIll childrenPICU lengthClinical outcomesOdds ratioObservational studyMultiple logistic regression modelProspective observational studyWorse clinical outcomesPrimary outcome measureIntensive care unitNorth American centersCell unitsLogistic regression modelsSecondary outcomesConsecutive patientsOrgan dysfunctionCare unitMedian lengthProspective studyClinical impact