Reduction in red blood cell transfusions using a bedside analyzer in extremely low birth weight infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Madan, Ashima ^a   Kumar, Rahi ^b   Adams, Marian M ^a   Benitz, William E ^a   Geaghan, Sharon M ^a   Widness, John A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANALYZER; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13444280598     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211201     Document Type: Article

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