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. 2009 Dec;36(6):388–397.
In newborn infants and small children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation plasma combined with RBC concentrates could be used as priming fluid. 2 C
An exchange transfusion shall be performed in neonates using RBC concentrates and plasma. 1 C+
Plasma shall not be transfused in preterm infants as prophylaxis with the objective of preventing intracerebral hemorrhage. 1 A
Plasma shall not be transfused in children with HUS without coagulopathy. 1 B
Partial exchange transfusion in neonates with polycythemia and hyperviscosity syndrome shall not be performed using plasma. 1 B