DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2023.v11i02.010

Pages: 316-321

This research aims to study the incidence of blood transfusion in relation to totally admitted cases at Neonatal department of Benghazi Libya children hospital, and to estimate most common causes that need blood transfusion, weight, sex, and age at transfusion. Out of 3036 were admitted to Neonatal word from January 2021 to December 2022, 54 cases were received blood transfusion (1.7%), male to female ratio (1.3:1), mean weight was 2.4kg, mean age at transfusion was 24days, 51.9% had compatible blood group of mother and baby blood group, and in 48.1% were non-compatible blood.