Preoperative Anemia and Neonates

Affiliations

¹ Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Pathology and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia5Transfusion, Tissue, and Apheresis Service, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.

Editorial

Rosemary D Higgins et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2016.

. 2016 Sep 1;170(9):835-6.

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1354.

¹ Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Pathology and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia5Transfusion, Tissue, and Apheresis Service, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Comment on

Association of Preoperative Anemia With Postoperative Mortality in Neonates.
Goobie SM, Faraoni D, Zurakowski D, DiNardo JA. Goobie SM, et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Sep 1;170(9):855-62. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1032. JAMA Pediatr. 2016. PMID: 27428875

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