Effect of Blood Transfusions on the Outcome of Very Low Body Weight Preterm Infants under Two Different Transfusion Criteria

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 110-116

  Chen, Hsiu Lin ^a   Tseng, Hsing I ^a   Lu, Chu Chong ^a   Yang, San Nan ^a   Fan, Hui Chen ^a   Yang, Rei Cheng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; chronic lung disease; oxidative stress; prematurity

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 67650717918     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60045-0     Document Type: Article

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