Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Clinical Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants

• Main Authors: Yu-Cheng Wang (Author), Oi-Wa Chan (Author), Ming-Chou Chiang (Author), Peng-Hong Yang (Author), Shih-Ming Chu (Author), Jen-Fu Hsu (Author), Ren-Huei Fu (Author), Reyin Lien (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is often considered a life-saving measure in critically ill neonates. The smallest and least mature infants tend to receive the largest amount of transfusions. RBC transfusion itself has also been suggested as an independent risk factor of poor clinical outcome in cr...