摘要: Increasingly complicated surgeries are being performed on neonatal and pediatric patients. Provision of a safe adequate blood supply is essential for the success many these surgeries. Depending clinical situation, autologous and/or allogeneic may be used. However, in all cases, every attempt should made to minimize number donor exposures reduce risk transfusion transmitted infections. Transfusion patients requires additional considerations too, such as graft vs host disease, cytomegalovirus infection, effects various preservative anticoagulant solutions, electrolyte levels during storage, wheather or not leukoreduced components indicated.