Blood transfusion in anemic infants with apnea of prematurity

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 228-232

  Westkamp, Eva ^a   Soditt, Volker ^a   Adrian, Sophie ^b   Bohnhorst, Bettina ^b   Groneck, Peter ^a   Poets, Christian F ^c  

^a Department of Neonatology ^*  (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bradycardia; Erythropoietin; Hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

DOXAPRAM; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; NOSE AIRFLOW; OXYGEN TENSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

ANEMIA; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OXYGEN; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0036966917     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065891     Document Type: Article

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