Postponing or eliminating red blood cell transfusions of very low birth weight neonates by obtaining all baseline laboratory blood tests from otherwise discarded fetal blood in the placenta

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Christensen, Robert D ^a   Lambert, Diane K ^a   Baer, Vickie L ^a   Montgomery, Dianne P ^a   Barney, Cindy K ^a   Coulter, David M ^a   Ilstrup, Sarah ^a   Bennett, Sterling T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; RACE; UMBILICAL VEIN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; PLACENTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL VEINS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79951589604     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02827.x     Document Type: Article

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