Why we are still doing so many exchange blood transfusion for neonatal jaundice in Nigeria

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-55

  Owa, Joshua Aderinsola ^a   Ogunlesi, Titus A ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Exchange blood transfusion; Hyperbilirubinemia; Neonatal jaundice; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENDER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KERNICTERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MALE; NIGERIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 59349112730     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0009-2     Document Type: Article

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