Transfusion (Neonatal)
"AS-1 Red Cells for Neonatal Transfusions: A Randomized Trial Assessing Donor Exposure and Safety."
Published in Blood Weekly, November 25th, 1996
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Transfusion, "Background: Despite recent optimism about the use of erythropoietin therapy to treat the anemia of prematurity. Very-low-birth-weight infants who are severely ill receive multiple red cell (RBC) transfusions. Many physicians transfuse relatively fresh RBCs to newborn infants, exposing them to multiple donors and possibly increasing their risk of acquiring transfusion-transmitted infections. Study Design and Methods: A randomized, single-blind clinical trial was conducted to determine, as the primary endpoint, whether RBCs collected from one dedicated donor and stored for less than or equal to...
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Source: Blood Weekly (1996-11-25)
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