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Cardiac arrest during exchange transfusions

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Three instances of cardiac arrest due to hypocalcaemia during exchange blood transfusion with ACD-blood are described. One of the babies showed clinical manifestations of tetany. All infants were successfully resuscitated by intravenous administration of calcium gluconate. It is recommended that during exchange blood transfusion with ACD-blood, calcium should be administered after each 50 ml of blood exchanged.

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    Meharban Singh & Sunit Singhi

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From the Neonatal Section, Department of Paediatrica, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 016.

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Singh, M., Singhi, S. Cardiac arrest during exchange transfusions. Indian J Pediatr 46, 131–134 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02896747

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