Exchange transfusion in severe neonatal infection with sclerema.
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Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia leading to exchange transfusion
Background :Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to investigate the causes of severe hyperbilirubinemia leading to Exchange Transfusion (ET) from March 2009 to March 2011 in Bahrami children hospital, Tehran, Iran in order to establish guidelines to prevent profound jaundice & ET. Methods : 94 neonates underwent ...
متن کاملSevere neonatal hyperbilirubinemia leading to exchange transfusion
BACKGROUND Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to investigate the causes of severe hyperbilirubinemia leading to Exchange Transfusion (ET) from March 2009 to March 2011 in Bahrami children hospital, Tehran, Iran in order to establish guidelines to prevent profound jaundice & ET. METHODS 94 neonates underwent ET fo...
متن کاملsevere neonatal hyperbilirubinemia leading to exchange transfusion
background :severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. this study was conducted to investigate the causes of severe hyperbilirubinemia leading to exchange transfusion (et) from march 2009 to march 2011 in bahrami children hospital, tehran, iran in order to establish guidelines to prevent profound jaundice & et. methods : 94 neonates underwent et...
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Systemic infections are one of commonest causes of neonatal deaths. Despite specific treatment with antibiotics, severe sepsis has a high case fatality rate [1]. Adjuvant therapies like intravenous immunoglobulins and granulocyte colony stimulating factors have been ineffective in improving the outcome [2, 3]. In such a scenario, clinicians often try drastic but unproven measures to save a rapi...
متن کاملExchange transfusion in septic neonates with sclerema: effect on immunoglobulin and complement levels.
OBJECTIVE To study the effect of exchange transfusion (ET) on the levels of immunoglobulins (Ig) and C3 in neonatal sepsis with sclerema. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial in a referral neonatal unit of a teaching hospital. SUBJECTS Consecutive culture positive septic neonates with sclerema were enrolled and were randomized to undergo ET (study group, n = 20) or no ET (controls, n = 20). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.50.11.901