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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Apr 7;235:92–99.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.002

Table IV (online only).

Hemoglobin measured within 24 hours before RBC transfusion, by diagnosis

Diagnosis n 10th %tile 25th %tile 50th %tile 75th %tile 90th %tile
All 2,639 8.8 9.8 11.2 12.7 14.1
Necrotizing enterocolitis 453 8.9 9.6 10.7 11.7 12.9
Chronic lung disease of prematurity or BPD 917 8.7 9.6 10.5 11.5 12.4
Intraventricular hemorrhage 735 8.8 9.7 10.8 11.8 13.3
 Moderate or Severe Intraventricular hemorrhage 227 8.8 9.6 10.7 12.1 13.6
Sepsis 633 9 9.9 11.2 12.5 14.1
Retinopathy of prematurity 830 8.8 9.6 10.5 11.5 12.4
Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn 143 8.2 9.5 11.4 13.1 14.6
Meconium aspiration 13 9.3 11.7 12.5 14.1 15.7
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy 30 8.65 9.5 11.55 14.5 15.15
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia 199 11.1 12 13.2 14.1 15.3
 Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, with ECMO 144 11.1 12 13.1 14 15.1
 Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, without ECMO 55 10.6 11.9 13.2 14.1 15.3
Persistent pulmonary hypertension 325 9.4 11 12.1 13.6 15
 Persistent pulmonary hypertension, with ECMO 172 11.1 11.8 12.9 14.1 15.3
 Persistent pulmonary hypertension, without ECMO 153 8.8 9.8 11.1 12.5 13.9
Acute Renal Failure 496 9.3 10.6 11.8 13.3 14.9
Cardiac surgery, with cardiopulmonary bypass 551 10.8 12 13.1 14.1 15.4
Surgery, without cardiopulmonary bypass 118 9 10.6 12.4 13.5 14.5
 without congenital heart disease 13 8.4 9.5 10.7 12.2 13.3
 with congenital heart disease 105 9 11.2 12.4 13.7 14.6
Congenital heart disease 871 8.7 9.7 11 12.5 13.8
ECMOa 421 11.3 12.1 13.1 14.1 15.4

Hemoglobin values are reported in g/dL.

Abbreviations: BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HTN, hypertension.

a

Includes patients listed above with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and persistent pulmonary hypertension.