Transfusions are more common in premature infants with approximately 40% of low birth
weight infants and up to 90% of extremely low birth weight infants requiring red blood cell …

Importance Red blood cell transfusions are commonly administered to infants weighing less
than 1000 g at birth. Evidence-based transfusion thresholds have not been established …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is undefined in neonates, despite the long-
standing existing formal recognition of ARDS syndrome in later life. We describe the …

Background Limited data suggest that higher hemoglobin thresholds for red-cell
transfusions may reduce the risk of cognitive delay among extremely-low-birth-weight infants …

Pre‐term infants have one of the highest transfusion requirements within the hospital‐
setting. The vast majority of blood transfusions performed in Neonatal Intensive Care Units …

Objective To estimate the incidence of blood product transfusion, including red blood cells,
platelets, and plasma, and characterize pretransfusion hematologic values for infants during …

Importance Preterm infants with varying degrees of anemia have different tissue oxygen
saturation responses to red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, and low cerebral saturation may …

BACKGROUND Knowledge of neonatal transfusion practices remains limited to local
cohorts or survey‐based studies. This study evaluated the pattern and temporal changes in …

Background Preterm infants commonly receive red blood cell (RBC), platelet and fresh
frozen plasma (FFP) transfusions. The aim of this Neonatal Transfusion Network survey was …

Background: Critically ill preterm and term neonates are at high risk for negative iron
balance due to phlebotomy that occurs with frequent laboratory monitoring, and the high iron …