Reduction in red blood cell transfusions among preterm infants: Results of a randomized trial with an in-line blood gas and chemistry monitor

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1299-1306

  Widness, John A ^a,e   Madan, Ashima ^c   Grindeanu, Ligia A ^a   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^b   Wong, David K ^d   Stevenson, David K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Point of care monitor; Red blood cell transfusions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 25144503477     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1680     Document Type: Article

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