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Pre-operative predeposit autologous donation in children presenting for elective surgery: a review.

Lauder GR

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Anaesthesia, Bristol, Avon, UK. gillian.lauder@ubht.swest.nhs.uk

Predeposit Autologous blood donation (PAD) in children decreases the life-time complications associated with allogeneic blood. These complications include transmission of known or unknown pathogens and alloimmunization against future blood transfusions, organ transplants and pregnancies. In view of the potential long term benefits of PAD should it be considered a component of paediatric blood conservation programs. This paper reviews the literature to explore the risk of benefit analysis of adopting PAD in paediatric practice.

Published 13 April 2007 in Transfus Med, 17(2): 75-82.
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