Trial-related blood sampling and red-blood-cell transfusions in preterm infants.

Anna Elisabet LewisSusanne Soendergaard KappelSamya HussainPer T SangildGitte ZachariassenLise Aunsholt

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2023)

Clinical blood sampling in very preterm infants is associated with blood loss and subsequent need for RBC transfusions. In a specific trial requiring blood samples, we found no additional burden of trial-related blood sampling. The study suggest that trial-related sampling is safe if European criteria are followed.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
phase iii
red blood cell
study protocol
phase ii
clinical trial
low birth weight
randomized controlled trial
open label
risk factors
double blind