Higher red cell transfusion threshold offers no advantage for treating preterm infants

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Very low birthweight infants often need blood transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests that providing a higher threshold of red cells within accepted limits offers no advantage in survival or reduction in neurological impairment over a lower threshold.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news