Noninvasive monitoring of red blood cell transfusion in very low birthweight infants using diffuse optical spectroscopy

• Published in: Journal of biomedical optics Vol. 10; no. 5; p. 051401
• Main Authors: Cerussi, Albert, Van Woerkom, Richard, Waffarn, Feizal, Tromberg, Bruce
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2005
• Subjects: Anemia, Neonatal - blood; Anemia, Neonatal - diagnosis; Anemia, Neonatal - therapy; Erythrocyte Transfusion - methods; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight - blood; Oximetry - methods; Prognosis; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrophotometry, Infrared - methods; Treatment Outcome

Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion guidelines are designed to maintain adequate tissue oxygenation by increasing blood oxygen-carrying capacity. However, since tissue oxygenation is not measured, RBC transfusion guidelines are mostly subjective. Clinical evidence of oxygen transport/consumption mismat...