Plasma transfusion to premature newborns as a risk factor of necrotizing enterocolitis development: Proposed mechanism

Transfusion. 2022 Jun;62(6):1310-1311. doi: 10.1111/trf.16876.

Authors

Dan Arbell¹, Gregory Barshtein², Alexander Gural³, Smadar Eventov-Friedman⁴, Saul Yedgar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Biochemistry, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Blood Bank, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Neonatology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 35680717
DOI: 10.1111/trf.16876

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Blood Component Transfusion / adverse effects
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing* / etiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases*
Infant, Premature, Diseases* / etiology
Infant, Premature, Diseases* / therapy
Plasma
Risk Factors