To determine the epidemiology and identify the risk factors for clinically significant bleeding in the pediatric intensive care unit.
A retrospective cohort study over 6 months with up to 7 days of observation for each patient.
The pediatric intensive care unit in a tertiary care children's hospital.
Three hundred twenty-six consecutive patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit during the study period, with 214 eligible for inclusion.
Clinically significant bleeding, defined using a composite of outcomes. Clinically significant bleeding occurred in 19 patients (8.9%). Recursive partitioning identified a platelet count
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Comment In: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Sep;13(5):613-522955470