ICU Clinical Pathway for Infants Requiring PARTIAL Volume Exchange Transfusion
Team Assessment
Initiate PVET
- Preprocedural labs
- Ensure blood and procedure consents obtained
- Calculate exchange volume and order PRBC/NS replacement
- Gather equipment
Consider Hematology follow-up 2–4 wks post
discharge for exchange transfusion done for anemia
discharge for exchange transfusion done for anemia
Evidence
- Crystalloid or Colloid for Partial Exchange Transfusion in Neonatal Polycythemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Neonatal Polycythaemia
- Neonatal Polycythemia: Is Partial Exchange Transfusion Justified?
- Partial Exchange Transfusion Results in Increased Cerebral Oxygenation and Faster Peripheral Microcirculation in Newborns with Polycythemia
- Partial Exchange Transfusion to Prevent Neurodevelopmental Disability in Infants with Polycythemia
- Short and Long Term Outcomes Following Partial Exchange Transfusion in The Polycythaemic Newborn: A Systematic Review
- The Evaluation of Polycythemic Newborns: Efficacy of Partial Exchange Transfusion
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