Association between red cell transfusions and necrotizing enterocolitis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Amin, Sachin C ^a   Remon, Juan I ^a   Subbarao, Girish C ^b   Maheshwari, Akhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Intestinal injury; NEC; RBC; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME;

ANEMIA; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84866990020     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.715465     Document Type: Review

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