@article{MAKHILLIJTM20149219891,
    title = {Exchange Blood Transfusion in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital},
    journal = {International Journal of Tropical Medicine},
    volume = {9},
    number = {2},
    pages = {21-26},
    year = {2014},
    issn = {1816-3319},
    doi = {ijtmed.2014.21.26},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-3319&doi=ijtmed.2014.21.26},
    author = {C.N. and},
    keywords = {Exchange blood transfusion,severe jaundice,NNJ,center,Nigeria},
    abstract = {Exchange Blood Transfusion (EBT) is the commonest mode of 
  management of severe
  hyperbilirubinaemia in newborns, occasionally resulting in severe complications. 
  To determine the frequency
  of EBT and the epidemiological characteristics of the newborns that underwent 
  the procedure. The case notes
  of all newborns that underwent EBT at Abia State University Teaching Hospital 
  from January 1st, 2005 to
  December 31st, 2009 were reviewed. The EBT rate among newborns that had jaundice 
  was 27.9%. This was more
  common in males than females. Babies without antenatal care who were delivered 
  outside the hospital had more
  EBT than the inborn (p = 0.001). The identified causes of the severe jaundice 
  that lead to the EBT in the subjects
  in order of frequency were ABO incompatibility, sepsis, G6PD deficiency, prematurity 
  and Rhesus
  isoimmunisation. The frequency of EBT is high in the centre. Lack of antenatal 
  care by mothers contributed
  significantly to the development of severe NNJ necessitating EBT. It therefore 
  becomes mandatory that
  expectant mothers should be educated on the need for antenatal visits in pregnancy 
  and delivery in appropriate
  health facility.}
    }