Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of administrating antibiotics to prevent exchange transfusion-related nosocomial infections in newborns. Methods: We report a survey ...

A 2nd exchange transfusion with 5 liters of whole blood was carried out in 3 hours. The hyperventilation abated, the decerebrate posture ceased, and in general the patient appeared better.

The culture before exchange transfusion was negative, and that after transfusion positive in 2, and the pre-exchange culture was positive, with a negative postexchange culture, in 6 cases.

Exchange Transfusions. Exchange transfusions are usually performed for hyperbilirubinemia, polycythemia, or in severe anemia where transfusion of additional RBCs without exchanging the volume may ...

Seventeen neonates had total serum bilirubin levels within the exchange transfusion thresholds; 14 of these cases were identified using 24-hour bilirubin screening, ...

For patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), exchange transfusion has benefits over simple transfusion (ST), but a new meta-analysis and systematic review suggests there is insufficient evidence ...