Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Randomly Assigned to Restrictive or Liberal Hemoglobin Thresholds for Blood Transfusion

K. Whyte, Robin; Kirpalani, Haresh; Asztalos, Elizabeth; Andersen, Chad; A. Blajchman, Morris; M. Heddle, Nancy; LaCorte, Meena; M.T. Robertson, Charlene; Clarke, Maxine; J. Vincer, Michael; W. Doyle, Lex; S. Roberts, Robin; the PINTOS Study Group, for

doi:10.1542/peds.2008-0338

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Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Randomly Assigned to Restrictive or Liberal Hemoglobin Thresholds for Blood Transfusion

Published in PEDIATRICS • Dec 29, 2008

Authors:

Robin K. Whyte

Haresh Kirpalani

Elizabeth Asztalos

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Extremely low birth weight infants frequently receive red cell transfusions. We sought to determine whether a restrictive versus liberal hemoglobin transfusion threshold results in differences in death or adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight inf...

Subject

Medicine

Low birth weight

Pediatrics

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