title: Storage duration of transfused red blood cells is not significantly associated with postoperative adverse events in pediatric cardiac surgery patients.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of storage duration of transfused red blood cells with the risk of postoperative serious adverse events in pediatric cardiac surgery patients. We studied 517 patients and found that 22 patients (4.3%) had at least one serious adverse event. The maximum and mean storage duration of transfused red blood cells did not differ significantly between patients with and without serious adverse events (maximum, p = 0.89; mean, p = 0.81). In our study of pediatric cardiac surgery patients, the storage duration of transfused red blood cells was not significantly associated with the risk of serious adverse events.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors: Hirokazu
authors: H
authors: Kawase
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan. Electronic address: moriori@tg8.so-net.ne.jp.
authors: Moritoki
authors: M
authors: Egi
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors: Tomoyuki
authors: T
authors: Kanazawa
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors: Kazuyoshi
authors: K
authors: Shimizu
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama 701-0192, Japan.
authors: Yuichiro
authors: Y
authors: Toda
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors: Tatsuo
authors: T
authors: Iwasaki
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Morita
mesh_terms: D001793:Blood Preservation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Pediatric cardiac patients; Red blood cell; Storage duration; Transfusion