is used for severe hemolytic disease of the newborn. Partial or dilutional exchange transfusion, done for polycythemia, consists of removing whole blood and replacing it milliliter for milliliter ...

particularly in the neonatal period. Children generally have a greater ability to compensate for anemia and to safely tolerate lower Hb levels than adults. Red blood cell transfusions Red blood ...

Introduction: Blood transfusions are very common on a neonatal unit. Patients often need a large number of blood transfusions but each may be as little as 8mls. To reduce donor exposure and ...

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When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule ...