The effect of red blood cell transfusion on intermittent hypoxemia in ELBW infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 921-925

  Abu Jawdeh, E G ^a   Martin, R J ^a   Dick, T E ^b   Walsh, M C ^a   Di Fiore, J M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL PERIOD; ANOXIA; HEMATOCRIT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

ANOXIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 84926217543     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.115     Document Type: Article

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