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Abstract
Repetitive withdrawal of small amounts of blood and replacement with donor blood until a large proportion of the blood volume has been exchanged. Used in treatment of fetal erythroblastosis, hepatic coma, sickle cell anemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, septicemia, burns, thrombotic thrombopenic purpura, and fulminant malaria.
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- Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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do not confuse with PLASMA EXCHANGE (removal & replacement of plasma); differentiate from BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; /adv eff: coordinate with TRANSFUSION REACTION if pertinent
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81; was EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION 1963-80
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- National Library of Medicine. Whole Blood Exchange Transfusion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005078. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005078
- Whole Blood Exchange Transfusion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_transfusion
- Whole Blood Exchange Transfusion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886468