DeCS

Descriptor English:	Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood
Descriptor Spanish:	Recambio Total de Sangre
Descriptor Portuguese:	Transfusão Total
Descriptor French:	Exsanguinotransfusion
Entry term(s):	Exsanguino-transfusion Transfusion d'échange total Transfusion totale
Tree number(s):	E02.095.135.469
RDF Unique Identifier:	https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005078
Scope note:	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.
Annotation:	do not confuse with PLASMA EXCHANGE (removal & replacement of plasma); differentiate from BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; /adv eff: coordinate with TRANSFUSION REACTION if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers:	AE effets indésirables CL classification EC économie ES éthique HI histoire IS instrumentation LJ législation et jurisprudence MO mortalité MT méthodes NU soins infirmiers PX psychologie SN statistiques et données numériques ST normes TD tendances VE médecine vétérinaire
DeCS ID:	21029
Unique ID:	D005078
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Date Established:	1981/01/01
Date of Entry:	1999/01/01
Revision Date:	1992/12/28