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Are the Transfusion Goals for a Premature Infant the Same As for a 7-Year-Old?

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A 26-week-old ex-28-week premature infant presents for the resection of a congenital pulmonary adenomatous malformation (CPAM). He is intubated and sedated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). You notice that the patient’s hemoglobin is 7 and his hematocrit is 21. The NICU fellow giving you the report informs you that in preparation for the upcoming surgery the patient was transfused with fresh frozen plasma “just to give him volume” (which doesn’t seem like a good reason to you) and is ready for the operation. You tell the fellow that this critically ill neonate needs to have hemoglobin of at least 10.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteuer Drive, Suite H3689, Stanford, California, 94305, USA

    Olga N. Albert

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  1. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Corey S. Scher

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Anna Clebone

  3. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Former Assistant Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center Retired from Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Sanford M. Miller

  4. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York, New York, USA

    J. David Roccaforte

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Vice Chair Faculty Promotion Associate Director Anesthesia Service Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Levon M. Capan

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Albert, O.N. (2017). Are the Transfusion Goals for a Premature Infant the Same As for a 7-Year-Old?. In: Scher, C., Clebone, A., Miller, S., Roccaforte, J., Capan, L. (eds) You’re Wrong, I’m Right. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43169-7_39

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