2021
Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice
Patel RM, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Birch R, Goel R, Karam O, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M, National Heart L, Mast A, Hod E, Custer B, Vichinsky E, Spencer B, Mathew S, Harris D, Busch M, Norris P, Ness P, Kleinman S, Tamburro R, Glynn S, Malkin K. Variation in Neonatal Transfusion Practice. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2021, 235: 92-99.e4. PMID: 33836184, PMCID: PMC8316298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of gestationEntire cohortPretransfusion hemoglobinPlatelet countNeonatal transfusionBlood Institute Recipient EpidemiologyDonor Evaluation Study-IIIInternational normalized ratio (INR) valuesHematologic valuesNeonatal transfusion practicesPretransfusion platelet countRetrospective cohort studyBlood product transfusionGestational age groupsPatient blood managementNational Heart LungRecipient EpidemiologyInitial hospitalizationProduct transfusionCohort studyRed blood cellsGestational ageTransfusion practiceHeart LungBlood management
2018
Correlations between near-infrared spectroscopy, perfusion index, and cardiac outputs in extremely preterm infants in the first 72 h of life
Janaillac M, Beausoleil TP, Barrington KJ, Raboisson MJ, Karam O, Dehaes M, Lapointe A. Correlations between near-infrared spectroscopy, perfusion index, and cardiac outputs in extremely preterm infants in the first 72 h of life. European Journal Of Pediatrics 2018, 177: 541-550. PMID: 29374830, DOI: 10.1007/s00431-018-3096-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral regional tissue oxygen saturationRight ventricular outputRegional tissue oxygen saturationTissue oxygen saturationLow cardiac output stateExtremely preterm infantsCardiac output statePreterm infantsCardiac outputPerfusion indexOxygen saturationVentricular outputSuperior vena cava flowLow SVC flowLeft ventricular outputMedian gestational ageWeeks of gestationVena cava flowNon-invasive toolHaemodynamic assessmentSVC flowTerm infantsBlood pressureCerebral oxygenationGestational age