Strict guideline reduces the need for RBC transfusions in premature infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-82

  Venâncio, Josiene Pereira ^a   dos Santos, Amélia Miyashiro Nunes ^a,b   Guinsburg, Ruth ^a   Peres, Clóvis de Araújo ^a   Shinzato, Alexandre Ryuzo ^a   Lora, Mayra Ivanoff ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Erythrocytes transfusion; Infant newborn; Infant premature; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; BRAZIL; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147162334     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml062     Document Type: Article

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