title: Exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe pertussis in young infants.
abstract: We analyzed data from 10 young infants who received exchange blood transfusions for management of severe pertussis. Our data are insufficient to address efficacy of the procedure, but our data, as well as previous reports in the literature, indicate that if the procedure is to be successful, it should be done before organ failure has occurred and immediately if shock/hypotension occur.
authors: Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA.
authors: Delma
authors: D
authors: Nieves
authors: John S
authors: JS
authors: Bradley
authors: Jessie
authors: J
authors: Gargas
authors: Wilbert H
authors: WH
authors: Mason
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Lehman
authors: Samuel M
authors: SM
authors: Lehman
authors: Erin L
authors: EL
authors: Murray
authors: Kathleen
authors: K
authors: Harriman
authors: James D
authors: JD
authors: Cherry
mesh_terms: D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000628:therapy*