A management guideline to reduce the frequency of blood transfusion in very-low-birth-weight infants

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-184

  Rabe, Heike ^a   Alvarez, Jose R Fernandez ^a   Lawn, Carolyn ^a   Seddon, Paul ^a   Amess, Philip N ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cord clamping; Iron supplementation; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSTRICTION; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; IRON COMPOUNDS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 61449172874     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103024     Document Type: Article

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