Prediction of transfusions in extremely low-birthweight infants in the erythropoietin era

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 572-576

  Hosono, Shigeharu ^a   Mugishima, Hideo ^a   Shimada, Masami ^a   Minato, Michiyoshi ^a   Okada, Tomo ^a   Takahashi, Shigeru ^a   Harada, Kensuke ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia of prematurity; Extremely low birthweight infant; Hemoglobin level; Human recombinant erythropoietin; Red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA OF PREMATURITY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHLEBOTOMY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751355513     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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