Common Indications of Exchange Transfusion in Neonates with Jaundice Presenting to a Tertiary Care Health Facility

Objective: To determine the frequency of common indications exchange transfusion in neonates with jaundice presenting to a tertiary care health facility. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: Department Paediatrics, National Institute Child Health, Karachi Pakistan, from January 2022 June 2022. Methodology: All up 28 days either gender were included. Details about gender, ethnicity, blood group, feeding practices noted. Results: The mean age patients was 10.71±9.68 days. There 66 (50.4%) males 65 (49.6%) females. Mean weight gestational found be 3.39±0.37 kg 39.34±1.07 weeks respectively. Feeding practice among majority (n=78, 59.5%) mother mixed 59.5%). ABO incompatibility observed 31 (23.7%), Rh 24 (18.3%) unidentified cause 11 (8.4%) neonates. Practical Implications: For hyperbilirubinemia neonates, most frequent causative factor behind transfusion. Conclusion: followed by Keywords: incompatibility, transfusion, jaundice,