Neonatal Transfusions
Jul.23, 2009 in
Undesirable Effects of Blood or Blood Product Transfusion
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Besides many of the problems seen with adult transfusion, in neonates there are additional difficulties related to the small blood volume of the infant, the immaturity of the immune system and some of the enzyme systems, and the relatively high hematocrit level of the newborn. On the positive side, up to age 4 months the […]