Multiple Choice
The nurse notices that a neonate being treated for hyperbilirubinemia with phototherapy has had a daily increase of total bilirubin serum levels greater than 5 mg/dL for the past 2 days. The neonatal care provider prescribes an exchange transfusion. Which knowledge does the nurse apply to the procedure?
A) The bilirubin indicates a severe hemolytic disease.
B) Approximately 85% of the neonate's RBCs are replaced.
C) Donor RBCs are obtained from the neonate's mother.
D) The procedure is exclusive to pathological jaundice.
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