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Exchange Blood Transfusion: Indications, Procedure and Monitoring

Lecture on exchange transfusion: the history and definitions, indications in haemolytic disease of the newborn, kernicterus and the bilirubin thresholds for preterm low-birth-weight babies, the equipment and access used, the step-by-step procedure and the monitoring required during and after the exchange.

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