Study progress of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants

Abstract

Red blood cell transfusion is an important method to treat anemia of prematurity.However, there are 3 areas of controversy: (1) complications associated with red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants; (2) indications of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants; (3)which kind of red blood cell products is more suitable for preterm infants.In recent years, with the deepening of research, these problems above have made some new progress and they have been applied to clinic.The implementation of these ideas and measures makes the premature infants with anemia get reasonable treatment, and reduces incidence of complications associated with red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants, and improves the prognosis of those sick preterm infants.Now, the new progress of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants was reviewed. \n \n \nKey words: \nInfant, preterm;\xa0Red blood cell transfusion;\xa0Complication