The present study was undertaken in this institution, therefore, to determine the risks of exchange transfusion and of different levels of bilirubinemia in newborn infants. St. Margaret's Hospital ...

Objective: To evaluate the distribution of peak serum bilirubin levels in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and the performance of exchange transfusion in infants with excessively high ...

[15] Transfusion of asymptomatic infants with anemia has not been shown ... but is limited by having a 24-hour shelf life. [1] Exchange transfusions are usually done through an umbilical venous ...

“In this study, we established a positive clinical association of delivery at term gestation on the exchange transfusion frequency and likelihood of adverse neonatal outcome in affected neonates.

Red cells are transfused in utero to treat severe fetal anemia. In order to keep the volume transfused to a minimum, they are prepared by removing some of the plasma from whole blood to achieve a ...