Effect of Blood Transfusions on Intermittent Hypoxic Episodes in a Prospective Study of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

To compare the number of intermittent hypoxia events before and after packed red blood cell (pRBC) and non-pRBC transfusions in very low birth weight infants, and to compare the time spent with saturations of ≤85% before and after transfusions in the same population.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - May 14, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Kelley Z. Kovatis, Juliann M. Di Fiore, Richard J. Martin, Soraya Abbasi, Aasma S. Chaundhary, Stephen Hoover, Zugui Zhang, Haresh Kirpalani Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research