title: Intravenous iron administration together with parenteral nutrition to very preterm Jehovah's Witness twins.
abstract: Preterm twin sisters (monozygotic) were born at gestational age 27 weeks and 5 days with birth weights of 935 and 735 g. They were admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit for a period of 1 month. Their parents were Jehovah's Witnesses and refused blood transfusion for their preterm daughters. Subcutaneous erythropoietin and intravenous iron were given as a prophylactic to avoid anaemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark.
authors.forename: Porntiva
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poorisrisak
authors.affiliation: The Capital Region, Medicine Information Centre, Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
authors.forename: Allan Mikael
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Department, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Gorm
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greisen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Gitte
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zachariassen
mesh_terms: D061605:Administration, Intravenous; D000740:Anemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D062071:Infant, Extremely Premature / Q000378:metabolism*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007501:Iron / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic
chemical_list: D004921:Erythropoietin; D007501:Iron