The benefits of limiting scheduled blood draws in children with a blunt liver or spleen injury

Nonoperative management protocols of blunt liver and spleen injury in children usually call for serial monitoring of the child's hemoglobin and hematocrit (H/H) at scheduled intervals. We previously demonstrated that the need for emergent intervention is triggered by changes in vital signs, not the findings of scheduled blood draws and changed our protocol accordingly. The current aim is to evaluate the safety of this change.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research