Open AccessExchange Transfusion for Hyperbilirubinemia among Term and Near Term in NICU of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh: Findings from a Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Sanjoy Dey,
Sultana Jahan,
Ismat Jahan,
Mohammad S. Islam,
Mohammad Kh Shabuj,
Mohammod Shahidullah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5128
pISSN - 2231-5047
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1331
Subject(s) - medicine , kernicterus , exchange transfusion , pediatrics , jaundice , neonatal intensive care unit , anemia , blood transfusion , obstetrics , prospective cohort study , surgery
Exchange transfusion in newborns is recommended as emergency management of hyperbilirubinemia to prevent bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus.