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Traditionally umbilical vein has been used for exchange transfusion in neonates. This method is relatively safe and effective but with a few complications.
So via percutaneous femoral vein catheters we tried exchange transfusion in 30 patients with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia admitted to GNUH from September 1990 to August 1992. Femoral vein catheterization succeeded in 2~3 trials. In all cases high bilirubin level... |
