Transfusion thresholds for preterm infants: How low should we go?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-289

  Bell, Edward F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 33747893867     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.06.033     Document Type: Editorial

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