Effect of Umbilical Cord Blood Sampling versus Admission Blood Sampling on Requirement of Blood Transfusion in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
To evaluate the effect of blood sampling from the placental end of the umbilical cord compared with initial blood sampling from neonates, on the need for first packed red blood cell transfusion in extremely preterm infants. We hypothesized that cord blood sampling could delay the time to first blood transfusion.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Haribalakrishna Balasubramanian, Priyanka Malpani, Mythily Sindhur, Nandkishor S. Kabra, Javed Ahmed, Lakshmi Srinivasan Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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