Unique risks of red blood cell transfusions in very-low-birth-weight neonates: Associations between early transfusion and intraventricular hemorrhage and between late transfusion and necrotizing enterocolitis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 60-63

  Christensen, Robert D ^a   Baer, Vickie L ^a   Del Vecchio, Antonio ^b   Henry, Erick ^a  

^a Women and Newborns Program   (United States)

^b DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraventricular hemorrhage; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Risks; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATE TRANSFUSION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD STRIPING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884620233     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.830495     Document Type: Review

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