The decision to transfuse a neonate can be approached by addressing a series of questions
that cover the cause of anaemia, alternatives to transfusion, the need for transfusion and the …

Background Platelet transfusions are commonly used to prevent bleeding in preterm infants
with thrombocytopenia. Data are lacking to provide guidance regarding thresholds for …

Premature neonates commonly receive red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. This study
systematically identified and appraised randomized controlled trials (RCT s) where the …

Skin antisepsis in the neonate: what should we use? : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Skin antisepsis in the neonate: what should we use? : Current Opinion in …

Introduction There has been a significant increase in premedication use for neonatal
intubation in the UK over the past decade. We aimed to determine the adverse events during …

Objective Assess mortality and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of corrected age in
children who participated in the PlaNeT-2/MATISSE (Platelets for Neonatal Transfusion …

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is now provided as standard care to infants with moderate-
severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). The role of TH in limiting neuronal injury is …

Background Bleeding assessment tools have been developed in other specialties to
standardise the recording of bleeding for clinical haemostatic outcomes in transfusion trials …

Introduction: Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a common and important clinical problem in
preterm neonates. A trial assessing clinically relevant outcomes in relation to the different …

Objective Culture of percutaneous central venous line (PCVL) segments may assist the
diagnosis of line colonisation and catheter-related sepsis (CRS). The authors aimed to …