Whole blood versus red cells and plasma for exchange transfusion in ABO haemolytic disease.

Records of 381 neonates who underwent exchange transfusion (ET) due to ABO haemolytic disease at the Division of Neonatology of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, between January 1977 and December 2003 were reviewed. Records were kept for the type of blood used in ET, the number of ETs for each infant, adverse event attributable to ET and bilirubin levels before, and 4 and 8 h after each ET. Of 381 infants, 300 were transfused with whole blood, whereas 81 infants were transfused with O red cells suspended in A or B plasma.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia with warm antibodies in children: retrospective analysis of 51 cases.

In this paper, research based on 51 children with a positive antiglobulin test is presented. Eighteen of the children had acute anemia and 33 had chronic anemia. Two clinical patterns were distinguished: an acute transient type and a prolonged chronic type.

Rh blood group system in Turkey.

Because of the absence of original data concerning the Rh blood group system in Turkey, for the benefit of researchers interested in the human blood groups field, serological results obtained in Hacettepe University Hospitals' Blood Center between 1980 and 1996 have been evaluated for the first time in this paper. During the study, 581,606 people were evaluated for Rho (D) positivity and negativity. In addition, 5,600 people from different parts of Turkey were screened for the five major antigens (D, C, E, c, e) of the Rh blood group system and, according to the results, various gene frequencies and most likely genotypes were calculated.