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When should we transfuse preterm babies, and why? Redux.

Posted on 5 January 2021 by Keith Barrington

The TOP trial has just been published in the FPNEJM (Kirpalani H, et al. Higher or Lower Hemoglobin Transfusion Thresholds for Preterm Infants. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(27):2639-51). It was a multicenter, non-masked RCT among 1800 babies of less than … Continue reading →

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When should we transfuse preterm babies, and why?

Posted on 13 August 2020 by Keith Barrington

I was one of the investigators in the PINT trial (Kirpalani H, et al. The Premature Infants in Need of Transfusion (PINT) study: a randomized, controlled trial of a restrictive (low) versus liberal (high) transfusion threshold for extremely low birth … Continue reading →

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Do transfusions trigger NEC? or does anemia?

Posted on 16 April 2019 by Keith Barrington

I am still unconvinced that transfusion associated NEC is a real thing, I think it is possibly a real phenomenon, but I am not sure how to know for sure. Some of the best evidence I think comes from the … Continue reading →

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Iron therapy for anemia of the preterm; now I’m confused!

Posted on 29 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

I thought I knew, sort of, what to do about iron supplementation in the preterm. Preterm babies outgrew their iron supply, there isn’t very much in breast milk, and you need to supplement to minimize the appearance of anemia of … Continue reading →

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