Editorial
Open access
Is blood benign?—current evidence on perioperative pediatric transfusion
Whitman B. Wiggins
Heather L. Liebe
Ana R. Do
Janice A. Taylor
Shawn D. Larson
I. Oluwole
Reema Kashif
Steven L. Raymond
Medicine
Abstract
consequences may be underestimated. The findings by Goobie and Faraoni (1) should prompt clinicians to more critically assess the risks, indications, and downstream consequences of perioperative transfusion. While their findings do not prove that transfusion causes mortality or complications, they demonstrate that transfusion is a powerful risk marker in pediatric perioperative care, with the strongest association