Red blood cell transfusions are independently associated with intra-hospital mortality in very low birth weight preterm infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Dos Santos, Amélia Miyashiro Nunes ^a   Guinsburg, Ruth ^a   De Almeida, Maria Fernanda Branco ^a   Procianoy, Renato S ^b   Leone, Cléa Rodrigues ^c   Marba, Sérgio Tadeu Martins ^d   De Souza Rugolo, Ligia Maria Suppo ^e   Fiori, Humberto Holmer ^f   De Andrade Lopes, José Maria ^g   Martinez, Francisco Eulógio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^f PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraventricular hemorrhage; IVH; RBC; Red blood cell; Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension; SNAPPE II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 80051788400     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.040     Document Type: Article

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