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McDonnell M, Sartain S, Westoby C, Katarachia V, Wootton SA, Cummings JRF. Micronutrient Status in Adult Crohn's Disease during Clinical Remission: A Systematic Review. Nutrients 2023; 15:4777. [PMID: 38004171 PMCID: PMC10674454 DOI: 10.3390/nu15224777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Adults with Crohn's disease (CD) may be at risk of micronutrient insufficiency in clinical remission through restrictive eating, malabsorption, abnormal losses or inflammation. This systematic review synthesises the literature on micronutrient insufficiency in CD in clinical remission in terms of the prevalence of low circulating micronutrient concentrations and as a comparison against a healthy control (HC). Studies were included if the population was predominantly in remission. A total of 42 studies met the inclusion criteria; 12 were rated as low quality, leaving 30 studies covering 21 micronutrients of medium/high quality that were included in the synthesis. Vitamins D and B12 were the most frequently reported nutrients (8 and 11); there were few eligible studies for the remaining micronutrients. The prevalence studies were consistent in reporting individuals with low Vitamins A, B6, B12 and C, β-carotene, D, Magnesium, Selenium and Zinc. The comparator studies were inconsistent in finding differences with CD populations; Vitamin D, the most reported nutrient, was only lower than the HC in one-quarter of the studies. Adult CD populations are likely to contain individuals with low levels of one or more micronutrients, with the most substantial evidence for Vitamins D and B12. The studies on other micronutrients are of insufficient number, standardisation and quality to inform practice.
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- Martin McDonnell
- Human Health and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK (V.K.); (S.A.W.)
- NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Human Health and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK (V.K.); (S.A.W.)
- NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Human Health and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK (V.K.); (S.A.W.)
- NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- Department of Dietetics, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Human Health and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK (V.K.); (S.A.W.)
- NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- Department of Dietetics, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Human Health and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK (V.K.); (S.A.W.)
- NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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Wilkinson T, De Soyza A, Carroll M, Chalmers JD, Crooks MG, Griffiths G, Shankar-Hari M, Ho LP, Horsley A, Kell C, Lara B, Mishra B, Moate R, Page C, Pandya H, Raw J, Reid F, Saralaya D, Scott IC, Siddiqui S, Ustianowski A, van Zuydam N, Woodcock A, Singh D. A randomised phase 2a study to investigate the effects of blocking interleukin-33 with tozorakimab in patients hospitalised with COVID-19: ACCORD-2. ERJ Open Res 2023; 9:00249-2023. [PMID: 37868151 PMCID: PMC10588785 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00249-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Background Increased serum interleukin (IL)-33 predicts poor outcomes in patients hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We examined the efficacy and safety of tozorakimab, a monoclonal antibody that neutralises IL-33, in improving outcomes in ACCORD-2 (EudraCT: 2020-001736-95). Methods ACCORD-2 was an open-label, phase 2a study in adults hospitalised with COVID-19. Patients were randomised 1:1 to tozorakimab 300 mg plus standard of care (SoC) or SoC alone. The primary end-point was time to clinical response (sustained clinical improvement of ≥2 points on the World Health Organization ordinal scale, discharge from hospital or fit for discharge) by day 29. Other end-points included death or respiratory failure, mortality and intensive care unit admission by day 29, and safety. Serum IL-33/soluble stimulated-2 (sST2) complex levels were measured by high-sensitivity immunoassay. Results Efficacy analyses included 97 patients (tozorakimab+SoC, n=53; SoC, n=44). Median time to clinical response did not differ between the tozorakimab and SoC arms (8.0 and 9.5 days, respectively; HR 0.96, 80% CI 0.70-1.31; one-sided p=0.33). Tozorakimab was well tolerated and the OR for risk of death or respiratory failure with treatment versus SoC was 0.55 (80% CI 0.27-1.12; p=0.26), while the OR was 0.31 (80% CI 0.09-1.06) in patents with high baseline serum IL-33/sST2 complex levels. Conclusions Overall, ACCORD-2 results suggest that tozorakimab could be a novel therapy for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, warranting further investigation in confirmatory phase 3 studies.
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- Tom Wilkinson
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Pandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Southampton Clinical Trials Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Medical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
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- Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Clinical Development, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Clinical Development, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Regional Infection Unit, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Medicines Evaluation Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Medicines Evaluation Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Moon RJ, D’Angelo S, Holroyd CR, Crozier SR, Godfrey KM, Davies JH, Cooper C, Harvey NC. Parent-Offspring Associations in Body Composition: Findings From the Southampton Women's Survey Prospective Cohort Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023; 108:e726-e733. [PMID: 36943299 PMCID: PMC10438875 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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CONTEXT Children born to parents who are overweight or obese have a high risk of adult obesity, but it is unclear if transgenerational associations relating to unfavorable body composition differ by parent. OBJECTIVE To examine differential mother-offspring and father-offspring associations in body composition in early childhood. METHODS A total of 240 mother-father-offspring trios from a prospective UK population-based pre-birth cohort (Southampton Women's Survey) were included for anthropometry and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry assessment of whole-body-less-head body composition in the offspring at 3 different ages (4, 6-7, and 8-9 years) and in the mother and father at the 8- to 9-year offspring visit. Associations were assessed using linear regression adjusting for the other parent. RESULTS Positive associations between mother-daughter body mass index (BMI) and fat mass were observed at ages 6 to 7 (BMI: β = .29 SD/SD, 95% CI = .10, .48; fat mass β = .27 SD/SD, 95% CI = .05, .48) and 8 to 9 years (BMI: β = .33 SD/SD, 95% CI = .13, .54; fat mass β = .31 SD/SD, 95% CI = .12, .49), with similar associations at age 4 years but bounding the 95% CI. The mother-son, father-son, and father-daughter associations for BMI and fat mass were weaker at each of the ages studied. CONCLUSION A strong association between the fat mass of mothers and their daughters but not their sons was observed. In contrast, father-offspring body composition associations were not evident. The dimorphic parent-offspring effects suggest particular attention should be given to early prevention of unfavorable body composition in girls born to mothers with excess adiposity.
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- Rebecca J Moon
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- Paediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton Science Park, Innovation Centre, Southampton, SO16 7NP, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Paediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX4 2PG, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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Moon RJ, Cooke LDF, D’Angelo S, Curtis EM, Titcombe P, Davies JH, Godfrey KM, Cleal JK, Lewis RM, Cooper C, Harvey NC. Maternal and Fetal Genetic Variation in Vitamin D Metabolism and Umbilical Cord Blood 25-Hydroxyvitamin D. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022; 107:e3403-e3410. [PMID: 35474389 PMCID: PMC9282354 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in vitamin D metabolism pathway genes are associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in adults. Less is known about the relationships between mother and offspring SNPs and umbilical cord blood 25(OH)D. OBJECTIVE (1) To undertake a meta-analysis of the relationships of maternal and offspring SNPs in the vitamin D metabolism pathway and cord blood 25(OH)D in pregnant women including novel data; and (2) to examine these relationships in women who received antenatal cholecalciferol supplementation in a clinical trial. METHODS Novel data analysis from an observational mother-offspring cohort study (Southampton Women's Survey) and the MAVIDOS double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 1000 IU/day cholecalciferol supplementation in pregnancy, and an electronic literature search of published studies in PubMed up to 31 July 2021. Studies reporting associations between rs12785878 (DHCR7), rs10741657 (CYP2R1), rs6013897 (CYP24A1), or rs2282679 (GC) and cord blood 25(OH)D. One published study was included in addition to the novel data analysis. Associations between both maternal and offspring SNPs at rs2282679 (GC) and rs12785878 (DHCR7), and cord blood 25(OH)D were identified. When maternal genotype was adjusted for offspring genotype, and vice versa, there was persisting evidence for associations with maternal rs12785878 (β [95% CI] 1.6 nmol/L [0.3, 2.8] per common allele), and offspring rs2282679 (β 3.1 nmol/L ]2.0, 4.4] per common allele). Maternal and offspring SNPs at rs1074657 and rs613897 were not associated with cord blood 25(OH)D. RESULT Associations between both maternal and offspring SNPs at rs2282679 (GC) and rs12785878 (DHCR7), and cord blood 25(OH)D were identified. When maternal genotype was adjusted for offspring genotype, and vice versa, there was persisting evidence for associations with maternal rs12785878 (β [95% CI] 1.6 nmol/L [0.3, 2.8] per common allele), and offspring rs2282679 (β 3.1 nmol/L ]2.0, 4.4] per common allele). Maternal and offspring SNPs at rs1074657 and rs613897 were not associated with cord blood 25(OH)D. CONCLUSION Common genetic variation in the vitamin D metabolism pathway is associated with umbilical cord blood 25(OH)D.
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- Rebecca J Moon
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
- Paediatric Endocrinology, Southampton Children’s Hospital, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton,UK
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- The Institute of Developmental Sciences, Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
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- Paediatric Endocrinology, Southampton Children’s Hospital, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton,UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
- NIHR Southampton Nutrition Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton,UK
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- The Institute of Developmental Sciences, Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
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- The Institute of Developmental Sciences, Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
- NIHR Southampton Nutrition Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton,UK
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, UK
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
- NIHR Southampton Nutrition Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton,UK
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Maitland K, Kiguli S, Olupot-Olupot P, Engoru C, Mallewa M, Saramago Goncalves P, Opoka RO, Mpoya A, Alaroker F, Nteziyaremye J, Chagaluka G, Kennedy N, Nabawanuka E, Nakuya M, Namayanja C, Uyoga S, Kyeyune Byabazaire D, M'baya B, Wabwire B, Frost G, Bates I, Evans JA, Williams TN, George EC, Gibb DM, Walker AS. Immediate Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia. N Engl J Med 2019; 381:407-419. [PMID: 31365799 PMCID: PMC7611152 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1900105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization recommends not performing transfusions in African children hospitalized for uncomplicated severe anemia (hemoglobin level of 4 to 6 g per deciliter and no signs of clinical severity). However, high mortality and readmission rates suggest that less restrictive transfusion strategies might improve outcomes. METHODS In this factorial, open-label, randomized, controlled trial, we assigned Ugandan and Malawian children 2 months to 12 years of age with uncomplicated severe anemia to immediate transfusion with 20 ml or 30 ml of whole-blood equivalent per kilogram of body weight, as determined in a second simultaneous randomization, or no immediate transfusion (control group), in which transfusion with 20 ml of whole-blood equivalent per kilogram was triggered by new signs of clinical severity or a drop in hemoglobin to below 4 g per deciliter. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality. Three other randomizations investigated transfusion volume, postdischarge supplementation with micronutrients, and postdischarge prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. RESULTS A total of 1565 children (median age, 26 months) underwent randomization, with 778 assigned to the immediate-transfusion group and 787 to the control group; 984 children (62.9%) had malaria. The children were followed for 180 days, and 71 (4.5%) were lost to follow-up. During the primary hospitalization, transfusion was performed in all the children in the immediate-transfusion group and in 386 (49.0%) in the control group (median time to transfusion, 1.3 hours vs. 24.9 hours after randomization). The mean (±SD) total blood volume transfused per child was 314±228 ml in the immediate-transfusion group and 142±224 ml in the control group. Death had occurred by 28 days in 7 children (0.9%) in the immediate-transfusion group and in 13 (1.7%) in the control group (hazard ratio, 0.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.22 to 1.36; P = 0.19) and by 180 days in 35 (4.5%) and 47 (6.0%), respectively (hazard ratio, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.48 to 1.15), without evidence of interaction with other randomizations (P>0.20) or evidence of between-group differences in readmissions, serious adverse events, or hemoglobin recovery at 180 days. The mean length of hospital stay was 0.9 days longer in the control group. CONCLUSIONS There was no evidence of differences in clinical outcomes over 6 months between the children who received immediate transfusion and those who did not. The triggered-transfusion strategy in the control group resulted in lower blood use; however, the length of hospital stay was longer, and this strategy required clinical and hemoglobin monitoring. (Funded by the Medical Research Council and Department for International Development; TRACT Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN84086586.).
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- Kathryn Maitland
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Ayub Mpoya
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Florence Alaroker
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Julius Nteziyaremye
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - George Chagaluka
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Neil Kennedy
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Eva Nabawanuka
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Margaret Nakuya
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Cate Namayanja
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Sophie Uyoga
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Dorothy Kyeyune Byabazaire
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Bridon M'baya
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Benjamin Wabwire
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Gary Frost
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Imelda Bates
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Jennifer A Evans
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Thomas N Williams
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Elizabeth C George
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - Diana M Gibb
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
| | - A Sarah Walker
- From the Department of Pediatrics (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.), the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., E.N.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (BTS), National BTS (D.K.B.), Kampala, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and Mbale BTS (B.W.), Mbale, and the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (C.E., F.A., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the College of Medicine and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (M.M., G.C.). and Malawi BTS (B.M.), Blantyre, Malawi; and the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi, Kenya (K.M., A.M. S.U., T.N.W.)
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Maitland K, Olupot-Olupot P, Kiguli S, Chagaluka G, Alaroker F, Opoka RO, Mpoya A, Engoru C, Nteziyaremye J, Mallewa M, Kennedy N, Nakuya M, Namayanja C, Kayaga J, Uyoga S, Kyeyune Byabazaire D, M'baya B, Wabwire B, Frost G, Bates I, Evans JA, Williams TN, Saramago Goncalves P, George EC, Gibb DM, Walker AS. Transfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia in Africa. N Engl J Med 2019; 381:420-431. [PMID: 31365800 PMCID: PMC7610610 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1900100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Severe anemia (hemoglobin level, <6 g per deciliter) is a leading cause of hospital admission and death in children in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization recommends transfusion of 20 ml of whole-blood equivalent per kilogram of body weight for anemia, regardless of hemoglobin level. METHODS In this factorial, open-label trial, we randomly assigned Ugandan and Malawian children 2 months to 12 years of age with a hemoglobin level of less than 6 g per deciliter and severity features (e.g., respiratory distress or reduced consciousness) to receive immediate blood transfusion with 20 ml per kilogram or 30 ml per kilogram. Three other randomized analyses investigated immediate as compared with no immediate transfusion, the administration of postdischarge micronutrients, and postdischarge prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality. RESULTS A total of 3196 eligible children (median age, 37 months; 2050 [64.1%] with malaria) were assigned to receive a transfusion of 30 ml per kilogram (1598 children) or 20 ml per kilogram (1598 children) and were followed for 180 days. A total of 1592 children (99.6%) in the higher-volume group and 1596 (99.9%) in the lower-volume group started transfusion (median, 1.2 hours after randomization). The mean (±SD) volume of total blood transfused per child was 475±385 ml and 353±348 ml, respectively; 197 children (12.3%) and 300 children (18.8%) in the respective groups received additional transfusions. Overall, 55 children (3.4%) in the higher-volume group and 72 (4.5%) in the lower-volume group died before 28 days (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.54 to 1.08; P = 0.12 by log-rank test). This finding masked significant heterogeneity in 28-day mortality according to the presence or absence of fever (>37.5°C) at screening (P=0.001 after Sidak correction). Among the 1943 children (60.8%) without fever, mortality was lower with a transfusion volume of 30 ml per kilogram than with a volume of 20 ml per kilogram (hazard ratio, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.27 to 0.69). Among the 1253 children (39.2%) with fever, mortality was higher with 30 ml per kilogram than with 20 ml per kilogram (hazard ratio, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.04 to 3.49). There was no evidence of differences between the randomized groups in readmissions, serious adverse events, or hemoglobin recovery at 180 days. CONCLUSIONS Overall mortality did not differ between the two transfusion strategies. (Funded by the Medical Research Council and Department for International Development, United Kingdom; TRACT Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN84086586.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Kathryn Maitland
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Peter Olupot-Olupot
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Sarah Kiguli
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - George Chagaluka
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Florence Alaroker
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Robert O Opoka
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Ayub Mpoya
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Charles Engoru
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Julius Nteziyaremye
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Macpherson Mallewa
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Neil Kennedy
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Margaret Nakuya
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Cate Namayanja
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Julianna Kayaga
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Sophie Uyoga
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Dorothy Kyeyune Byabazaire
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Bridon M'baya
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Benjamin Wabwire
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Gary Frost
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Imelda Bates
- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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- From the Department of Medicine (K.M., T.N.W.) and Nutrition Research Section (G.F.), Imperial College London, and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (E.C.G., D.M.G., A.S.W.), London, the School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Science, Queen's University, Belfast (N.K.), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool (I.B.), the Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (J.A.E.), and the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York (P.S.G.) - all in the United Kingdom; Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale Campus, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (P.O.-O., J.N., C.N.), and the Mbale Blood Transfusion Services (B.W.), Mbale, the Department of Pediatrics, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital (S.K., R.O.O., J.K.), and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, National Blood Transfusion Services (D.K.B.), Kampala, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Soroti (F.A., C.E., M.N.) - all in Uganda; the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Kilifi (K.M., A.M., S.U., T.N.W.); and the College of Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Program (G.C., M.M., N.K.) and the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (B.M.) - all in Blantyre, Malawi
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Penn ML, Monks T, Pope C, Clancy M. A mixed methods study of the impact of consultant overnight working in an English Emergency Department. Emerg Med J 2019; 36:298-302. [PMID: 30093377 PMCID: PMC6580873 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2018-207571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a growing expectation that consultant-level doctors should be present within an ED overnight. However, there is a lack of robust evidence substantiating the impact on patient waiting times, safety or the workforce. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of consultant-level doctors overnight working in ED in a large university hospital. METHODS We conducted a controlled interrupted time series analysis to study ED waiting times before and after the introduction of consultant night working. Adverse event reports (AER) were used as a surrogate for patient safety. We conducted interviews with medical and nursing staff to explore attitudes to night work. RESULTS The reduction seen in average time in department relative to the day, following the introduction of consultant was non-significant (-12 min; 95% CI -28 to 4, p=0.148). Analysis of hourly arrivals and departures indicated that overnight work was inherited from the day. There were three (0.9%) moderate and 0 severe AERs in 1 year. The workforce reported that night working had a negative impact on sleep patterns, performance and well-being and there were mixed views about the benefits of consultant night presence. Additional time off during the day acted as compensation for night work but resulted in reduced contact with ED teams. CONCLUSIONS Our single-site study was unable to demonstrate a clinically important impact of consultant night working on total time patients spend in the department. Our analysis suggests there may be more potential to reduce total time in department during the day, at our study site. Negative impacts on well-being, and likely resistance to consultant night working should not be ignored. Further studies of night working are recommended to substantiate our results.
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- Marion L Penn
- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton Faculty of Health Sciences, Southampton, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton Faculty of Health Sciences, Southampton, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton Faculty of Health Sciences, Southampton, UK
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- Emergency Department, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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Brendish NJ, Malachira AK, Clark TW. Molecular point-of-care testing for respiratory viruses versus routine clinical care in adults with acute respiratory illness presenting to secondary care: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial protocol (ResPOC). BMC Infect Dis 2017; 17:128. [PMID: 28166743 PMCID: PMC5294894 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2219-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Respiratory viruses are associated with a huge socio-economic burden and are responsible for a large proportion of acute respiratory illness in hospitalised adults. Laboratory PCR is accurate but takes at least 24 h to generate a result to clinicians and antigen-based point-of-care tests (POCT) lack sensitivity. Rapid molecular platforms, such as the FilmArray Respiratory Panel, have equivalent diagnostic accuracy to laboratory PCR and can generate a result in 1 h making them deployable as POCT. Molecular point-of-care testing for respiratory viruses in hospital has the potential to improve the detection rate of respiratory viruses, improve the use of influenza antivirals and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, but high quality randomised trials with clinically relevant endpoints are needed. METHODS The ResPOC study is a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of molecular point-of-care testing for respiratory viruses in adults with acute respiratory illness presenting to a large teaching hospital in the United Kingdom. Eligible participants are adults presenting with acute respiratory illness to the emergency department or the acute medicine unit. Participants are allocated 1:1 by internet-based randomisation service to either the intervention of a nose and throat swab analysed immediately on the FilmArray Respiratory Panel as a POCT or receive routine clinical care. The primary outcome is the proportion of patients treated with antibiotics. Secondary outcomes include turnaround time, virus detection, neuraminidase inhibitor use, length of hospital stay and side room use. Analysis of the primary outcome will be by intention-to-treat and all enrolled participants will be included in safety analysis. DISCUSSION Multiple novel molecular POCT platforms for infections including respiratory viruses have been developed and licensed in the last few years and many more are in development but the evidence base for clinical benefit above standard practice is minimal. This randomised controlled trial aims to close this evidence gap by generating high quality evidence for the clinical impact of molecular POCT for respiratory viruses in secondary care and to act as an exemplar for future studies of molecular POCT for infections. This study has the potential to change practice and improve patient care for patients presenting to hospital with acute respiratory illness. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study was registered with ISRCTN, number ISRCTN90211642 , on 14th January 2015.
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- Nathan J. Brendish
- NIHR Southampton Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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