title: Lactic acid as a predictor for erythrocyte transfusion in healthy preterm infants with anemia of prematurity.
abstract: Elevated blood lactate levels that declined to normal after erythrocyte transfusion were observed in 17 of 37 otherwise healthy infants with anemia of prematurity (26.1 +/- 2.1 mg/dl vs 12.3 +/- 0.9 mg/dl; p < 0.001). Posttransfusion heart rate in this group decreased from 155 +/- 1 beats/min to 150 +/- 2 beats/min (p = 0.01). Blood lactate concentration may be a predictor of the need for transfusion in anemia of prematurity.
authors: Department of Neonatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petach-Tiqva, Israel.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Izraeli
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Ben-Sira
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Harell
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Naor
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ballin
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000751:Anemia, Neonatal / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid