ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD SAMPLING WITH ANEMIA IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL | ||||
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| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2025, Page 28-29 | ||||
| Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2025.358288.2082 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
magdy abdelfatah Ramadan1; Manal abdelmalak2; Ali Yusuf Ali Chiragdin  2
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| 1Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Introduction Anemia is frequently observed in children who are critically ill, roughly 33% of those admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) have anemia at the time of admission. In addition, another 41% of children are likely to develop anemia during their stay in the PICU. Overall, anemia affects around 75% of patients at some time during their critical illness. Anemia represents a prevalent complication among pediatric critical care patients. Blood loss, inflammation, hemolysis, and adherence to a restrictive transfusion strategy are various factors contributing to the onset. Notably, blood draws contribute to over 73% of the average daily blood loss of 5 mL in critically ill patients. Implementing blood conservation techniques to reduce the number of blood draws and the amount of blood taken and discarded are essential elements of a PBM program, to reduce the dangers of anemia and needless blood transfusions while simultaneously improving patient outcomes. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; SAMPLING; ANEMIA | ||||
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