ACUTE INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS FOLLOWING EXCHANGE-TRANSFUSION WITH G-6-PD DEFICIENT BLOOD

Authors
KUMAR P SARKAR S NARANG A
Citation
P. Kumar et al., ACUTE INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS FOLLOWING EXCHANGE-TRANSFUSION WITH G-6-PD DEFICIENT BLOOD, European journal of pediatrics, 153(2), 1994, pp. 98-99
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03406199
Volume
153
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
98 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-6199(1994)153:2<98:AIHFEW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A neonate with hyperbilirubinaemia who developed massive intravascular haemolysis following exchange transfusion with glucose-6-phosphate de hydrogenase deficient blood is described. It is recommended that in ar eas endemic for this enzyme deficiency the donor blood should be scree ned before being used for exchange transfusion.