Treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia by plasmapheresis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A term baby developed severe hyperbilirubinaemia in association with group-B streptococcal sepsis. Haemodynamic instability deterred us from performing exchange transfusion, and so plasmapheresis was used to lower the bilirubin level. The procedure was very effective and well tolerated.
Medical subject headings
- Bacteremia
- Jaundice, Neonatal
- Plasmapheresis
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus agalactiae