Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection to affect infants and toddlers. High-risk patients include infants younger than 3 months, premature infants, children with immunodeficiency, children with underlying cardiopulmonary…
Richard Lichenstein, MD, Editor Getachew Teshome, MD, MPH, Editor Pediatric medicine continues to evolve along its complex path. As research deepens our understanding of injury and illness, clinicians are challenged…
Blood banking/immunohematology is an area of laboratory medicine that involves the preparation of blood and blood components for transfusion as well as the selection and monitoring of those components following…
Apheresis refers to the removal of a component of the blood and is performed using a group of medical technologies in which peripheral blood is processed by an instrument that…
Hemovigilance is an essential part of the transfusion process and is defined as surveillance procedures covering the whole transfusion chain, from collection of blood and its components, intended to collect…
This review describes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, clinical causes, treatment, and long-term prognosis of pediatric patients who present with thrombotic microangiopathy. The focus is on hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic…
The diagnosis and management of children with autoimmune cytopenias can be challenging. Children can present with immune-mediated destruction of a single-cell lineage or multiple cell lineages, including platelets (immune thrombocytopenia…
Inherited platelet function disorders are of variable severity and unknown frequency and may be difficult to diagnose. Nevertheless, they are increasingly recognized as an important cause of bleeding in pediatrics,…
Pediatric deep vein thrombosis is an increasingly recognized phenomenon, especially with advances in treatment and supportive care of critically ill children and with better diagnostic capabilities. High-quality evidence and uniform…
Pediatric thrombosis and thrombophilia are increasingly recognized and studied. In this article, both the inherited and acquired factors for the development of thrombosis in neonates and children are categorized using…
