Blood Transfusion
Research Data from Royal North Shore Hospital Update Understanding of Blood Transfusion
Published in Blood Weekly, December 29th, 2011
2011 DEC 29 -- According to the authors of recent research from Sydney, Australia, "Objective To assess the effect of furosemide administered with packed red blood cell transfusion on cardiopulmonary variables of hemodynamically stable, electively transfused preterm infants beyond the first week of life. Study design A randomized, stratified, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous furosemide (1 mg/kg) versus placebo (normal saline) just before 'top-up'' packed red blood cell transfusion (20 mL/kg over 4 hours) in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit."
"Results The primary outcome was a change in fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO(2)) during...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-12-29)
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