Exchange transfusion in infants with extreme hyperbilirubinemia: An experience from a developing country

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 754-758

  Salas, Ariel A ^a   Mazzi, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital Dr Ovidio Aliaga U   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bilirubin encephalopathy; Exchange transfusion; Extreme hyperbilirubinemia; Infants

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BOLIVIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; KERNICTERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERM BIRTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BILIRUBIN; BOLIVIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERNICTERUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43249130365     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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