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Objective was to survey blood transfusion practises in preterm neonates &lt;29 weeks&#8217; gestation among 12 population-based neonatal networks participating in the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes in Neonates (iNeo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Methods:<\/strong> An online survey based on 2023 practices was sent to 608 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs): Australia\/New Zealand (30), Brazil (20), Canada (32), Finland (5), France (70), Israel (26), Japan (292), Poland (56), Spain (55), Sweden (9), Switzerland (9), and Tuscany, Italy (4). Transfusion thresholds in 4 different scenarios were surveyed: (a) infants invasively ventilated within first 7 postnatal days, (b) infants invasively ventilated after 7 days, (c) stable infants on noninvasive respiratory support, and (d) stable infants requiring no respiratory support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong> A total of 382 NICUs (63%) responded. Transfusion practices varied within networks and between countries. For invasively ventilated infants, the transfusion threshold during first 7 days after birth was a hematocrit &lt;underline&gt;\u2264&lt;\/underline&gt;35% in 79% of NICUs, and at an age \u22658 days, the transfusion threshold was a hematocrit &lt;underline&gt;\u2264&lt;\/underline&gt;30% in 68% of NICUs. For stable infants on noninvasive ventilation, the transfusion threshold was a hematocrit &lt;underline&gt;\u2264&lt;\/underline&gt;30% in 80%, and in those without respiratory support, the transfusion threshold was a hematocrit of &lt;underline&gt;\u2264&lt;\/underline&gt;25% in 68% of NICUs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neonatology. 2025 May 28:1-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8578","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transfusion practices in 12 Neonatal Networks -Are we closer to adopting a restrictive transfusion approach? - FHU Prem&#039;IMPACT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fhu-premimpact.org\/en\/publications\/transfusion-practices-in-12-neonatal-networks-are-we-closer-to-adopting-a-restrictive-transfusion-approach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transfusion practices in 12 Neonatal Networks -Are we closer to adopting a restrictive transfusion approach? 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