Effects of Transfusions in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Retrospective Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Valieva, Olga A ^a   Strandjord, Thomas P ^a   Mayock, Dennis E ^a   Juul, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 69249232128     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.026     Document Type: Article

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