Luise Bellach, Michael Eigenschink, Abtin Hassanein, Danylo Savran, Ulrich Salzer, Ernst W Müllner, Andreas Repa, Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof, Lukas Wisgrill, Vito Giordano, Angelika Berger
Premature infants commonly receive adult packed red blood cells (pRBCs) during their hospital stay. As adult erythrocytes differ substantially from those of preterm infants, transfusion of adult pRBCs into preterm infants can be considered inappropriate for the physiology of a preterm infant. An absence of standardisation of transfusion protocols makes it difficult to compare and interpret pertinent clinical data, as reflected by unclear associations between pRBC transfusion and complications related to prematurity, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, neurodevelopmental impairment, retinopathy of prematurity, or necrotising enterocolitis...
August 2022: Lancet Haematology