Research Article
Posttransfusion Haematocrit Equilibration: Timing Posttransfusion Haematocrit Check in Neonates at the National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of subjects and cause of anaemia.
| Gestational age distribution | = 35 (%) |
| (i) <28 weeks | 10 (28.6) | (ii) 29–33 weeks | 4 (11.4) | (iii) 34–36 weeks | 3 (8.6) | (iv) 37 weeks and above | 18 (51.4) |
| Postnatal age at time of transfusion | |
| (i) 1–7 days | 13 (34.2) | (ii) 8–14 days | 5 (13.2) | (iii) 15–21 days | 4 (10.5) | (iv) 22–28 days | 4 (10.5) | (v) 29 days and above | 12 (31.6) |
| Aetiology of anaemia | |
| (i) Anaemia of prematurity | 16 (40) | (ii) Haemolysis | 7 (17.5) | (iii) Postoperative | 6 (15.0) | (iv) Birth trauma | 1 (2.5) | (v) Others (not specified) | 10 (25.0) |
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