Research Article
Exchange Transfusion for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2006 to 2011
Table 4
Changes in haematology and chemistry for in-hospital babies before and after exchange transfusion.
| | Variable | Before | After | value |
| | Total bilirubin μmol/L (mean (SD)) | 394.9 (140.2) | 242.5 (159.3) | <0.001 | | Direct bilirubin μmol/L (median (range)) | 24 (12.5–28.5) | 14.0 (10.3–14.0) | 0.034 | | Haemoglobin g/dL (mean (SD)) | 14.0 (3.2) | 14.3 (1.9) | 0.638 | | White cell count ×109/L (mean (SD)) | 11.9 (7.2) | 9.8 (9.2) | 0.161 | | Platelets ×109/L (mean (SD)) | 225.6 (121.1) | 155.9 (136.7) | 0.02 | | Sodium mmol/L (median (range)) | 143.0 (140.3–146.0) | 142.0 (138.0–143.0) | | | Potassium mmol/L (mean (SD)) | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.3 (0.7) | 0.473 | | Urea mmol/L (median (range)) | 4.0 (2.5–5.8) | 3.5 (1.8–6.8) | 0.443 | | Creatinine μmol/L (median (range)) | 61.5 (49.3–77.5) | 60 (33.0–81.5) | 0.211 | | Calcium mmol/L (mean (SD)) | 2.5 (0.3) | 3.0 (0.6) | 0.007 | | Magnesium mmol/L (mean (SD)) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.606 | | Phosphate mmol/L (median (range)) | 2.0 (1.6–2.1) | 2.5 (1.5–2.9) | 0.016 | | C reactive protein mg/mL (median (range)) | 2.5 (1.0–6.3) | 3.1 (1.0–12.9) | 0.65 |
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