The premature infants in need of transfusion (pint) study: A randomized, controlled trial of a restrictive (LOW) versus liberal (HIGH) transfusion threshold for extremely low birth weight infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Kirpalani, Haresh ^a   Whyte, Robin K ^a   Andersen, Chad ^a   Asztalos, Elizabeth V ^a   Heddle, Nancy ^a   Blajchman, Morris A ^a   Peliowski, Abraham ^a   Rios, Angel ^a   LaCorte, Meena ^a   Connelly, Robert ^a   Barrington, Keith ^a   Roberts, Robin S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747883061     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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