Perioperative transfusion of blood components in pediatric patients / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Circulatory state and metabolic homeostasis could be more easily disturbed during perioperative periods for children compared with those of adults especially when receiving massive transfusions.Patient's age would be an important factor for clinical evaluation if certain amount of blood was lost.Component transfusions have now gained wide recognitions.Specific blood components should be considered according to different diseases,which would make transfusion more accurate and blood resources used more efficiently.This article focused on the indications,doses and several specific issues for perioperative component transfusions among pediatric patients.