How we decide when a neonate needs a transfusion

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-433

  Venkatesh, Vidheya ^a   Khan, Rizwan ^a   Curley, Anna ^a   New, Helen ^b   Stanworth, Simon ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neonates; Plasma; Platelets; Preterm; Red cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELAYED CORD CLAMPING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SELECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN CARE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CONSTRICTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84873099138     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12095     Document Type: Article

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