Research Article
Exchange Transfusion for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2006 to 2011
Table 1
Characteristics of all babies undergoing exchange transfusion.
| | Variable | |
| | Male gender (frequency (%)) | 37/64 (57.8) | | Inborn (frequency (%)) | 39/64 (60.9) | | Caesarean section (frequency (%)) | 20/54 (37.0) | | 5-minute Apgar < 7 (frequency (%)) | 4/64 (6.3) | | Breastfed (frequency (%)) | 18/51 (35) | | HIV exposed (frequency (%)) | 8/49 (16.3) | | Age at exchange (days) (mean (SD)) | 4.5 (2.1) | | Gestational age (weeks) (mean (SD)) | 35.4 (4.4) | | Birth weight (grams) (mean (SD)) | 2.29 (0.89) |
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