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 is ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis found no clear advantage for automated red cell exchange. For patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), exchange transfusion has benefits over simple transfusion ...

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 bilirubin ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Practice patterns vary widely for management of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN). Researchers ...

ACUTE massive hepatic necrosis usually runs a short clinical course. 1 The disease may terminate in death before the liver cells have an opportunity to regenerate and resume function. If the patient ...

Medical advances have dramatically increased the life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease, but as patients are living longer, they are increasingly experiencing organ damage leading to ...

There is a lack of evidence-based guidelines for neonatal transfusion practices as seen by the diverse RBC transfusion practices among individuals and institutions. [3,5,27,28,29,30,31,32] The US ...

The Spectra Optia Apheresis System (Terumo BCT) is an apheresis and cell collection platform which can be used in the treatment of sickle cell disease. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the ...