Background The need for exchange transfusion (ET) as a treatment modality for neonatal
hyperbilirubinaemia declined in developed countries with the advent of effective …

Background/aim: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is an important cause of morbidity and
mortality in developing countries. The aim was to assess etiologic reasons for development …

Phototherapy has had a dramatic impact on the number of exchange transfusions (ET)
performed for hyperbilirubinemia, and the use of Rh-immune globulin has drastically …

SYNOPSIS Over an 18‐year period, 1,830 exchange transfusions were performed on 1,160
infants born at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne with a total mortality of 9.8% for …

Objective: To determine the pattern and determinants of blood transfusion in a Nigerian
neonatal unit. Materials and Methods: Newborn babies who required blood transfusions …

Abstract Background & Aim: Hospitalized neonates are among the groups who are prone to
recurrent blood transfusions. Due to neonates' immune defects and common transfusion …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of pre-exchange transfusion albumin priming in neonates
with non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia. Design Single center, randomized controlled trial …

We aimed to determine the role of exchange transfusion related complications, treatment,
and etiology as well as subgroup incompatibility in patients subject to ET (exchange …

From April 1984 to November 1989, 194 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia treated with
blood exchange transfusions (BET) were studied. The patients included 127 male and 67 …

Background Bilirubin neurotoxicity involves a spectrum of varying severity that could result in
adverse long-term sequelae. Aims To compare the neurodevelopmental outcome of full-term …