Fifteen-minute consultation: a guide to paediatric major haemorrhage
Spyridon Karageorgos,
Dennis Ren,
Melanie Ranaweera
et al.
Abstract:Major trauma is a principal cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Severe haemorrhage is the second-leading cause of death in paediatric trauma, preceded by traumatic brain injury. Major haemorrhage protocols (MHPs), also known as ‘code red’ and ‘massive transfusion protocols’, are used to make large volumes of blood products rapidly available. Most recommendations for paediatric MHPs are extrapolated from adult data because of a lack of large, high-quality, prospective paediatric studies. However, appl… Show more
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