Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Clinical Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants

Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Clinical Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants

Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is often considered a life-saving measure in critically ill neonates. The smallest and least mature infants tend to receive the largest amount of transfusions. RBC transfusion itself has also been suggested as an independent risk factor of poor clinical outcome in cr...

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Main Authors: Yu-Cheng Wang, Oi-Wa Chan, Ming-Chou Chiang, Peng-Hong Yang, Shih-Ming Chu, Jen-Fu Hsu, Ren-Huei Fu, Reyin Lien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
Subjects:
extremely low birth weight
mortality
neurodevelopmental outcome
preterm infants
RBC transfusion
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957216300791

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