Changes in neonatal transfusion practice after dissemination of neonatal recommendations

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Motta, Mario ^a   Testa, Marcella ^b   Tripodi, Gino ^c   Radicioni, Maurizio ^d  

^a Children's Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood component transfusion; Guidelines; Neonates; Survey

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DONOR; ERYTHROCYTE; FILTER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION PREVENTION; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL;

EID: 77950589407     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0502     Document Type: Article

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