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Descriptor English:   Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood 
Descriptor Spanish:   Recambio Total de Sangre 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Transfusão Total 
Tree Number:   E02.095.135.469
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not use /util except by MeSH definition; do not confuse with PLASMA EXCHANGE (removal & replacement of plasma); TN 186: differentiate from BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DF: EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION
History Note English:   81; was EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION 1963-80 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends UT utilization
VE veterinary  
Record Number:   21029 
Unique Identifier:   D005078 

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