Neonatal thrombocytopenia—causes and outcomes following platelet transfusions

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1045-1052

  Resch, Elisabeth ^a   Hinkas, Olesia ^a   Urlesberger, Berndt ^a   Resch, Bernhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Mortality; Neonatal thrombocytopenia; Platelet transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; PLATELET COUNT; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85046015447     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-018-3153-7     Document Type: Article

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