Perinatal and Transfusion Characteristics (N = 101)
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Abbreviations: CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; NIPPV, nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation; pCORace and ethnicity data were collected via self-report and included to characterize the patient population for generalizability of findings.Other racial or ethnic group included American Indian or Alaska Native and more than 1 race reported. These groups were consolidated owing to small numbers.Defined as born at a center participating in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.One infant missing head circumference.SNAPPE score not calculated for 6 infants.Adjusted for clustering of hemoglobin values within infant and shown as mean (SE) with During transfusion event with near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring.Hypocarbia detected during blood-gas assessment during a transfusion.Includes dopamine, dobutamine, epinephrine, or milrinone use at time of transfusion.Over the first 28 days, 80 infants had NIRS-monitored transfusions and were included in the primary analysis. Transfusion was significantly associated with an increase in both Csat and Msat, but with no significant difference between Hgb threshold groups (