Nonpharmacological, Blood Conservation Techniques for Preventing Neonatal Anemia-Effective and Promising Strategies for Reducing Transfusion

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-243

  Carroll, Patrick D ^a   Widness, John A ^b  

^a Dixie Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia of prematurity; Delayed cord clamping; Erythrocyte transfusions; Neonatal anemia; Phlebotomy; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFANT NUTRITION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOODLESS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FETAL BLOOD; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84864021994     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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