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Therapeutics > Biological Therapy > Blood Transfusion > Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood

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Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood  

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  • 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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