Sodium supply from administered blood products was associated with severe intraventricular haemorrhage in extremely preterm infants.

Cornelia Späth Elisabeth Stoltz Sjöström Johan Ågren Fredrik AhlssonMagnus Domellöf

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

Our results suggest a relationship between sodium-rich transfusions of blood products and severe IVH in EPT infants. It is unclear whether this is an effect of sodium load, volume load or some other transfusion-related factor.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
early onset
low birth weight
cardiac surgery