Do red cell transfusions increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Josephson, Cassandra D ^a,b   Wesolowski, Agnieszka ^c   Bao, Gaobin ^d   Sola Visner, Martha C ^e   Dudell, Golde ^f   Castillejo, Marta Inés ^a   Shaz, Beth H ^a   Easley, Kirk A ^d   Hillyer, Christopher D ^g   Maheshwari, Akhil ^h  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c Longstreet Clinic   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraventricular hemorrhage; IVH; NEC; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU; Odds ratio; OR; Patent ductus arteriosus; PDA; RBC; Red blood cell; Very low birth weight; VLBW

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78449278152     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.05.054     Document Type: Article

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