33 weeks newborn with group incompatibility (A-O) and sepsis | Figure 1

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33 weeks newborn with group incompatibility (A-O) and sepsis

33 weeks newborn with group incompatibility (A-O) and sepsis (mother with chorioamnionitis) with a serum bilirubin in the first day of 17.7mg/dl (302.6mmol/L) and total white cells of 111,000cel/mm3. #Exchange-transfusion was performed with no complications. Today with bills of 5.5mg/dl and 28,000 white cells (24 hours after transfusion).

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