Cerebral oxygenation in preterm infants receiving transfusion

The influence of severity of anemia and cardiac output (CO) on cerebral oxygenation (CrSO2) and on the change in CrSO2 following packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion in preterm infants has not been evaluated. The objectives of the current study were to evaluate the effect of pre-transfusion hemoglobin (Hb) and CO-weighted oxygen delivery index (ODI) on CrSO2 and on the post-transfusion CrSO2 change