Dr. Patricia Davenport obtained her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Cincinnati. She then completed her pediatric residency at New York University School of Medicine and her fellowship in Neonatology at Harvard Medical School. She is a physician scientist who is a practicing Neonatologist at Boston Children's Hospital with a research focus on neonatal platelet/megakaryocyte biology and neonatal platelet transfusions.
Publications
Recent advances in NICU platelet transfusions. View Abstract
The number of blood transfusions received and the incidence and severity of chronic lung disease among NICU patients born >31 weeks gestation. View Abstract
Implementing evidence-based restrictive neonatal intensive care unit platelet transfusion guidelines. View Abstract
Efficacy and safety of antithrombin supplementation in neonates and infants on a continuous heparin infusion. View Abstract
Platelet Transfusion and Death or Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Children Born Extremely Preterm. View Abstract
Quantitative label-free mass spectrometry reveals content and signaling differences between neonatal and adult platelets. View Abstract
Can Red Blood Cell and Platelet Transfusions Have a Pathogenic Role in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia? View Abstract
Phosphoproteomics reveals content and signaling differences between neonatal and adult platelets. View Abstract
Hemostatic and Immunologic Effects of Platelet Transfusions in Neonates. View Abstract
Neonatal Thrombocytopenia: Factors Associated With the Platelet Count Increment Following Platelet Transfusion. View Abstract
Neonatal platelet transfusions: more than meets the eye. View Abstract
Platelet Transfusions in Neonates: Beyond Hemostasis. View Abstract
EBNEO commentary: Platelet transfusions in neonates and brain development: The new frontier. View Abstract
Pitfalls and Limitations of Platelet Counts and Coagulation Tests in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. View Abstract
Immunologic effects of red blood cell and platelet transfusions in neonates. View Abstract
Platelets in the neonate: Not just a small adult. View Abstract
Platelet transfusions in a murine model of neonatal polymicrobial sepsis: Divergent effects on inflammation and mortality. View Abstract
Development of gates to measure the immature platelet fraction in C57BL/6J mice using the Sysmex XN-V series multispecies hematology analyzer. View Abstract
Implementation of a neonatal platelet transfusion guideline to reduce non-indicated transfusions using a quality improvement framework. View Abstract