Neonatal red blood cell transfusions: Searching for better guidelines

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-94

  Kasat, Kavita ^a   Hendricks Munoz, Karen D ^b   Mally, Pradeep V ^b  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood transfusion; Guidelines; Neonate; Oxygen delivery

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA;

CAREGIVERS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 78751472820     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2010.0031-10     Document Type: Article

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