A RANDOMIZED, MASKED STUDY OF WEEKLY ERYTHOPOIETIN DOSING

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 本研究的具体目的是：1)评价每周一次的EPO对网织红细胞和血细胞的影响；2)比较每周一次和每周三次的EPO对早产儿网织红细胞的反应。 我们还将检验以下假设：1)每周给早产儿注射三次EPO会比每周给一次EPO更大程度地增加网织红细胞。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The specific aims of this study are: 1) to evalute the effect of once a week Epo dosing on reticulocytes and hematocrits and 2) compare reticulocyte responses of once a week dosing with thrice weekly dosing of Epo in preterm infants. We will also test the following hypothesis: 1) Epo administered three times a week to preterm infants will increase reticulocytes to a greater degree than Epo administered once a week.