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AAP Grand Rounds 20:21-22 (2008)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

Adolescent Blood Donations: Adverse Reactions May Hinder Re-donation

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PICO Question: Do minors have more adverse reactions to allogeneic whole blood donation compared with older donors? Question type: Harm Study design: Prospective cohort

 

The increase in transfusion needs has led to augmented recruitment of high school-age blood donors. Donations by 16- and 17-year-olds now account for approximately 8% of all whole blood collected by the American Red Cross (ARC).

Investigators from the ARC analyzed data from the ARC hemovigilance program from nine ARC blood services regions to determine whether complication rates of blood donation among 16- and 17-year-old donors were greater than those among older donors.

The ARC hemovigilance program prospectively evaluates reports of complications and injuries incurred during blood donation including cases referred for outside medical care.¹ Complications associated with autologous, therapeutic, and automated collections were excluded from the analysis.

During 2006, 145,678 whole blood donations were collected from 16- and 17-year-olds, 113,307 from . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Melissa Pujazon-Zazik, MD, MPH

Adolescent Medicine Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, CA