When Hyperbilirubinemia Becomes a Medical Emergency. A new term, "escalation of care," has been adopted to describe actions to take when the newborn's TSB climbs to within 2 mg/dL of the exchange ...

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The committee noted that clinicians followed the final 2 columns of the threshold table (when to 'start phototherapy' and 'perform an exchange transfusion unless the bilirubin level falls below ...

Neonates with total serum bilirubin within 3 mg/dL of exchange transfusion thresholds were identified as those with severe hyperbilirubinemia requiring potential intravenous immune globulin treatment.

Killander et al., 6 in a review of 94 full-term infants with hyperbilirubinemia, could find no cases of kernicterus, and suggested that exchange transfusion be withheld in these infants unless the ...

To the Editor: It was with great interest that we read the article, "Removal of Bilirubin by Albumin Binding during Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis," by Drs. Grollman and Odell in the August 9 is ...

An exchange transfusion is performed in a hospital or clinic. During the procedure, your blood will be removed and replaced with blood or plasma from a donor. Here’s how the procedure works: ...

What does it mean to have high bilirubin? We’ll go over the meaning, symptoms, and causes of high bilirubin levels, as well as how to treat it.

In cases when very high bilirubin fails to drop, an infant may have an exchange transfusion, which is the replacement of blood with donor blood. The study, which evaluated the health records of two ...

This yellow discolouration results from a high quantity of bilirubin, a yellow pigment produced during the natural breakdown of red blood cells. ... an exchange transfusion may be required.

We will update the NICE guideline on jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days. The update will focus on total serum bilirubin (TSB) thresholds for starting phototherapy or exchange transfusion in term ...