Abstract
A draught-free room heated to 28-30°C (82-86°F) provides reasonable warmth for most lightly clothed babies, but deep body-temperature falls progressively when an exchange transfusion is performed under these conditions unless active steps are taken to warm the donor blood. The injection of unwarmed blood can cause selective cardiac hypothermia as well as a general fall in deep body-temperature. It is possible that the use of cold blood could precipitate sudden circulatory collapse during exchange transfusion.
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