title: Pediatric transfusion medicine: development of a critical mass.
abstract: Many significant events have occurred in the recent past that beg a broad audience to address the question "What is pediatric transfusion medicine?" Herein, we list some of these events and their relevance below and attempt to provide an answer for this question. Indeed, several issues regarding the subspecialty of pediatric transfusion medicine (PTM) are particularly timely, and it appears that a critical mass, or a nidus capable of becoming a critical mass, is developing in PTM.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Academic Awardees Program (PedsTMAA), EUH Blood Bank, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. chillye@emory.edu
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Hillyer
authors.forename: Traci Heath
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Mondoro
authors.forename: Cassandra D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ambruso
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations