TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Transfusion Medicine A1 - Peña, Jeremy Ryan Andrew A1 - Sloan, Steven R. A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - The primary goal of transfusion medicine is to provide the safest blood transfusions possible for patients who need them. In the pediatric patient population, red blood cell (RBC) transfusions comprise the majority of transfusions (58.5%), followed by platelet and plasma transfusions (26% and 15.4%, respectively).1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146118020 ER -