ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD SAMPLING WITH ANEMIA IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL | ||
| ALEXMED ePosters | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 28-29 | ||
| Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2025.358288.2082 | ||
| Authors | ||
| magdy abdelfatah Ramadan1; Manal abdelmalak2; Ali Yusuf Ali Chiragdin* 2 | ||
| 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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