Are regular 'top-up' transfusions necessary in otherwise well, growing premature infants?

To test the hypothesis that very low-birth-weight neonates who are otherwise well and are growing, are not compromised if their haemoglobin concentration is allowed to fall below 10 g/dl, 20 such neonates were randomly divided into two groups.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	South African medical journal Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 165 - 166
Main Author:	Ransome, O.J., Moosa, E.A., Mothebe, F.M. & Spector, I.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	South Africa Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG) 18-02-1989
Subjects:	Blood Transfusion Clinical Trials as Topic Haematology Hemoglobins - analysis Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature - blood Paediatrics Premature infants Top-up transfusion Weight Gain
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	To test the hypothesis that very low-birth-weight neonates who are otherwise well and are growing, are not compromised if their haemoglobin concentration is allowed to fall below 10 g/dl, 20 such neonates were randomly divided into two groups.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 ObjectType-News-3 content type line 23
ISSN:	0256-9574 2078-5135