Our 11th Annual Update Course in Pediatric Surgery was held past August. In this video series, we'll recap the sessions and share the main highlights with you. Today, we'll talk about "Massive Transfusion Protocol". Joining the discussion are Drs. Meera Kotagal & Katie Russell.

Host: Em Gootee

Resources:

https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(21)00676-X/abstract

Reppucci ML, Pickett K, Stevens J, Phillips R, Recicar J, Annen K, Moulton SL. Massive transfusion in pediatric trauma-does more blood predict mortality? J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb;57(2):308-313. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.09.051. Epub 2021 Oct 8. PMID: 34736771.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35213410/

Spinella PC, Leonard JC, Marshall C, Luther JF, Wisniewski SR, Josephson CD, Leeper CM; Massive Transfusion In Children (MATIC) Investigators and BloodNet. Transfusion Ratios and Deficits in Injured Children With Life-Threatening Bleeding. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 Apr 1;23(4):235-244. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002907. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PMID: 35213410.

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstract/2023/01000/recognizing_life_threatening_bleeding_in_pediatric.14.aspx#:~:text=Pediatric%20critical%20administration%20threshold%20(CAT,activation%20of%20massive%20transfusion%20protocols.

Morgan, Katrina M. MD; Gaines, Barbara A. MD; Richardson, Ward M. MD; Strotmeyer, Stephen PhD; Leeper, Christine M. MD, MS. Recognizing life-threatening bleeding in pediatric trauma: A standard for when to activate massive transfusion protocol. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 94(1):p 101-106, January 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003784