Association of packed red blood cell transfusion and necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants

Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-198

  AlFaleh, Khalid M ^a   Al Jebreen, A ^a   Baqays, A ^a   Al Hallali, A ^a   Bedaiwi, K ^a   Al Balahi, N ^a   AlGhamdi, A ^a   AlKharfi, T ^a   Alzahem, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

NEC; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Newborn; Preterm; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; EVALUATION STUDY; INCIDENCE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84909950702     PISSN: 19345798     EISSN: 18784429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NPM-14814048     Document Type: Article

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