In newborn infants and small children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation plasma combined with RBC concentrates could be used as priming fluid. | 2 C |
An exchange transfusion shall be performed in neonates using RBC concentrates and plasma. | 1 C+ |
Plasma shall not be transfused in preterm infants as prophylaxis with the objective of preventing intracerebral hemorrhage. | 1 A |
Plasma shall not be transfused in children with HUS without coagulopathy. | 1 B |
Partial exchange transfusion in neonates with polycythemia and hyperviscosity syndrome shall not be performed using plasma. | 1 B |