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Categorization And Frequency Of Indications For Packed Cell Transfusion In The Preterm Newborn During The Initial Hospital Stay At A Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study, Shirin Surani, Heeramani Lohana, Sheraz Ahmed, Rabia Hassan, Sapna Kewalani, Khalil Ahmed

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Introduction: Packed cell transfusion is a lifesaving procedure in premature babies as they have more complications as compared to babies who are born at term. Complications related to prematurity increase as gestational age decreases and anemia is one of the complications of prematurity which needs packed cell transfusions. To date, when to transfuse preterm babies and what would be the threshold for hemoglobin and hematocrit is still a point of argument as well as liberal versus restrictive transfusion protocols have been developed but what should be followed still needs more data. In our study, we have observed frequencies of different …