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Definition of Exchange transfusion
1. Noun. Slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood.
Medical Definition of Exchange transfusion
1. Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exchange Transfusion
Literary usage of Exchange transfusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"... mia requiring exchange transfusion; or severe perinatal asphyxia (Apgar scores
of 0-3, absence of spontaneous respirations for 10 minutes, or hypotonia ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Plasma bicarbonate levels were changed by the exchange transfusion ... Every 30
min during the exchange transfusion, renal clearance studies were performed. ..."
3. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"Neurologic events after partial exchange transfusion for priapism in sickle cell
disease. J Pediatr 1992; 120:882-5. Reisner EG, Kostyu DD, Phillips G, ..."
4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"In severe pulmonary infarction, the technique of replacement of nearly all the
blood (exchange transfusion) may be employed to prevent further sickling. ..."
5. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... birthweight below 1500 g; bacterial meningitis; hyperbilirubinemia requiring
exchange transfusion; or severe perinatal asphyxia (Apgar scores of 0-3, ..."
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