Pediatric Emergency Care • October 2020
Wolf MF, Childers J, Gray KD, Chivily C, Glenn M, Jones L, Kpa M, McMannen T, Reyes I, Zimmerman KO, Clark RH, Greenberg RG
This study aimed to characterize the prevalence of exchange transfusion (ET), clinical characteristics of infants receiving ET, and ET-associated morbidity and mortality. It was a multicenter cohort study of infants ≥23 weeks of gestational age (GA) with hyperbilirubinemia who underwent ET within 30 days of birth from 1997 to 2016. Infants ≤ 29 weeks of GA had greater odds of death following ET compared with term infants. These data will support clinicians in evaluating risks and prognosis for infants who require ET.