Platelet and red cell transfusions for neonates: lifesavers or Trojan horses?

Suzanne F Fustolo-Gunnink; Charles C Roehr; Lani Lieberman; Robert D Christensen; Johanna G Van Der Bom; Christof Dame; Antonio Del Vecchio; Amy K Keir; Anna Curley; Simon J Stanworth; Enrico Lopriore

doi:10.1080/17474086.2019.1657824

Platelet and red cell transfusions for neonates: lifesavers or Trojan horses?

Expert Rev Hematol. 2019 Oct;12(10):797-800. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2019.1657824. Epub 2019 Aug 29.

Authors

Suzanne F Fustolo-Gunnink^{1

2}, Charles C Roehr^{3

4}, Lani Lieberman⁵, Robert D Christensen⁶, Johanna G Van Der Bom^{1

7}, Christof Dame⁸, Antonio Del Vecchio⁹, Amy K Keir^{10

11

12}, Anna Curley¹³, Simon J Stanworth^{14

15

16}, Enrico Lopriore¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Sanquin Research, Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Plesmanlaan 1A , Leiden , the Netherlands.
² Department of Pediatric Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Pediatric Hematology , Amsterdam , Netherlands.
³ Medical Sciences Division, Dept. Paediatrics, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
⁴ Newborn Services, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , UK.
⁵ Department of Clinical Pathology, University Health Network, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
⁶ Women and Newborn's Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare , Salt Lake City , UT , USA.
⁷ Department of Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , the Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Neonatology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , Germany.
⁹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, "Di Venere" Hospital of Bari , Bari , Italy.
¹⁰ Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia.
¹¹ Department of Neonatal Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital , Adelaide , Australia.
¹² Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children, South Australian Medical and Research Institute , Adelaide , Australia.
¹³ Department of Neonatology, National Maternity Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.
¹⁴ Transfusion Medicine, National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant , Oxford , UK.
¹⁵ Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust , Oxford , UK.
¹⁶ Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Oxford BRC Haematology Theme , Oxford , UK.
¹⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Division of neonatology, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , the Netherlands.

PMID: 31423859
DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2019.1657824

No abstract available

Keywords: Anemia; neonate; preterms; thrombocytopenia; transfusion.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anemia / blood
Anemia / mortality
Anemia / physiopathology
Anemia / therapy*
Clinical Trials as Topic
Communicable Diseases / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases / etiology*
Communicable Diseases / mortality
Erythrocyte Transfusion / adverse effects*
Female
Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Hemorrhage / etiology*
Hemorrhage / mortality
Hemorrhage / prevention & control
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Intensive Care Units
Male
Platelet Transfusion / adverse effects*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Thrombocytopenia / blood
Thrombocytopenia / mortality
Thrombocytopenia / physiopathology
Thrombocytopenia / therapy*