Is it safe to co-infuse dextrose-containing fluids with red blood cells?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 687-691

  Keir, Amy ^a   Callum, Jeannie ^a,c   Jankov, Robert P ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

erythrocyte transfusion; fluid therapy; haemolysis drug effect; infant; newborn

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENTEROCOLITIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFUSION RATE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84881344445     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12372     Document Type: Article

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