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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Neurocritical Care

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  • Delirium and coma are significant concerns in critically ill children.
  • The role of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in the development of these neurological complications is not fully understood.
  • The storage duration of RBCs may influence transfusion outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if short-storage RBCs reduce the risk of delirium/coma compared to standard issue RBCs in critically ill children.
  • To assess whether RBC transfusion is independently associated with delirium/coma.
  • To investigate the impact of RBC storage age on delirium/coma risk.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-institutional prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing short-storage RBCs with standard issue RBCs.
  • Stage I: RCT involving 146 transfused children randomized into two arms.
  • Stage II: Comparison of transfused patients from the RCT with a matched cohort of non-transfused patients.

Main Results:

  • No significant difference in delirium/coma development between short-storage and standard issue RBC arms (79.5% vs 70.1%, p = 0.184).
  • RBC transfusion was independently associated with an over eight-fold higher odds of delirium/coma (adjusted odds ratio, 8.9; CI, 2.8-28.4; p < 0.001).
  • Storage age of RBCs did not affect the risk of delirium/coma.

Conclusions:

  • RBC transfusions are independently linked to an increased risk of delirium/coma in critically ill children.
  • The storage duration of transfused RBCs does not appear to influence the risk of delirium/coma.
  • Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms behind RBC transfusion-associated delirium/coma.