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Case Reports
. 2014 Jun 2:2014:bcr2013202167.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202167.

Intravenous iron administration together with parenteral nutrition to very preterm Jehovah's Witness twins

Porntiva Poorisrisak  1 , Allan Mikael Schroeder  2 , Gorm Greisen  3 , Gitte Zachariassen  4
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Intravenous iron administration together with parenteral nutrition to very preterm Jehovah's Witness twins

Porntiva Poorisrisak et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

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.

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