Development and evaluation of a new paediatric blood transfusion protocol for Africa
| Autor: | J. C. Emmanuel, M. Esan, M Boele van Hensbroek, H. Kamwendo, L. Kalilani-Phiri, Elizabeth Molyneux, Baljit Cheema, B. M'baya |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam Public Health, General Paediatrics |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Malawi medicine.medical_specialty Transfusion rate Pediatrics Blood transfusion Adolescent Hospital setting medicine.medical_treatment Comorbidity Cohort Studies Health services medicine Humans Blood Transfusion Prospective Studies Child Protocol (science) Hospitals Public business.industry Malnutrition Severe malnutrition Infant Anemia Hematology Malaria Treatment Outcome Child Preschool Who guidelines Africa Practice Guidelines as Topic Emergency medicine Female Guideline Adherence Emergency Service Hospital business Severe anaemia |
| Zdroj: | Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England), 20(3), 140-151. Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 1365-3148 0958-7578 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.00989.x |
| Popis: | Severe anaemia is a common childhood emergency in developing countries. Practical evidence-based guidance on when to transfuse, volume of transfusion and ideal duration of transfusion is lacking. The aim of this study is to develop a paediatric transfusion protocol for use in under-resourced environments and evaluate its usability in a busy African hospital setting. A paediatric transfusion protocol based on the WHO Guidelines was developed for the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre, Malawi. On the basis of simple bedside clinical features of respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological compromise, the protocol allocates children with severe anaemia (haemoglobin |
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