Increased Energy Expenditure after Dilutional Exchange Transfusion for Neonatal Polycythemia
Shaul Dollberg, MD, FACN,
Ronela Marom, MD,
Francis B. Mimouni, MD, FACN and
Yoav Littner, MD
Departments of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (S.D., R.M., F.B.M., Y.L.)
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (S.D., F.B.M., Y.L.), Tel Aviv, ISRAEL

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Fig. 1. The increase in energy expenditure following partial dilutional exchange transfusion (PET) significantly correlated inversely with the decrease in hematocrit during the exchange transfusion.
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