Influence of enteral feeding and anemia on tissue oxygen extraction after red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants.
Gregory P GoldsteinAnoop RaoAlbee Y LingVictoria Y DingIrene J ChangValerie Y ChockPublished in: Transfusion (2020)
Compared to NPO, enteral feeding was associated with lower Msat; anemia (hematocrit ≤30%) was associated with lower Csat and higher cFTOE. Over the time course of RBC transfusion, trajectories of Csat, Msat, cFTOE and mFTOE did not differ by enteral feeding or anemia status.