Near infrared spectroscopy as a biomarker for necrotising enterocolitis following red blood cell transfusion

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 375-388

  Sood, Beena G ^a,b,c   Cortez, Josef ^a,c   McLaughlin, Kathleen ^b   Gupta, Meenakshi ^b   Amaram, Arun ^a,c   Kolli, Madhuri ^b   Zajac, Maryellen ^c   Pizzino, Janet ^b   Schoettle, Bonnie ^b   Chen, Xinguang ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Near infrared spectroscopy; Necrotising enterocolitis; Neonatal; Prematurity; Red blood cell transfusions; Time series data; Tissue oxygenation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; CURRICULA; INFRARED DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

NECROTISING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL; PREMATURITY; RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION; TIME-SERIES DATA; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 84928805311     PISSN: 09670335     EISSN: 17516552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/jnirs.1135     Document Type: Article

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