Effect of autologous umbilical cord blood transfusion in the development of retinopathy of prematurity: randomized clinical trial - study protocol

• Main Authors: Laura Torrejon-Rodriguez (Author), Alejandro Pinilla-Gonzalez (Author), Inmaculada Lara Cantón (Author), Abel Albiach-Delgado (Author), Mari Merce Cascant-Vilaplana (Author), María Cernada (Author), Julia Kuligowski (Author), Maria Pilar Solves Alcaina (Author), Inés Gómez (Author), Maximo Vento (Author), Marta Aguar Carrascosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundCurrently, the treatment of anemia in preterm infants is based on packed red blood cell (RBC) transfusions from adult donors. Oxygen (O2) is mainly transported to the tissues bound to hemoglobin (Hb). In extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs), fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which has a h...