Transfusion‐associated necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight premature infants

Abstract

In this study, we sought to evaluate all VLBW infants, whether they received a transfusion or not. We suggest that transfusion associated NEC exists, but many other factors influence this multifactorial disease. The age of NEC onset was later in transfused vs non-transfused patients, whereas the interval between transfusion and NEC was shorter in transfused vs non-transfused patients.