Blood volume reduction due to rapid plasma loss after birth in preterm piglets.
Tam M T NguyenHolly MorwoodBhavisha A BakraniaStephanie M MillerStella T BjorkmanBarbara E LingwoodIan M R WrightYvonne A EibyPublished in: Pediatric research (2024)
Preterm piglets do not have a higher blood volume than their term counterparts, in contrast to current clinical estimates. Rapid reduction in blood volume after birth leads to hypovolemia in some preterm piglets. There is a critical need to understand blood volume changes after birth in preterm infants in order to improve clinical management of blood volume.