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Kunhai Wu,1 Lufei Chen,1 Huifang Huang2 1Blood Transfusion Department, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of China; 2Intensive Care Unit, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Huifang HuangIntensive Care Unit, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13906913057Fax +86 591-87555474Email 190596715@qq.comPurpose: The study aimed to analyse the clinical effect of homotype ET method and compatible ET method in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia caused by non-blood-group antibodies (non-blood-group antibodies refers to due to cause other than blood-group antibodies) as well as to provide relevant reference materials for clinical diagnosis and treatment in Fuzhou city.Patients and Methods: Between January 2011 and December 2020, a total of 125 neonates, who were admitted to the Sentinel hospital of Fuzhou city, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children’s Hospital for hyperbilirubinemia and treated with ET therapy were selected. They were divided into homotype ET (n=32) and compatibility ET (n=93) treatment groups. We analysed changes in serum total bilirubin (STB), serum indirect bilirubin (SIB), and platelet count before and after ET; retrospectively analysed the neonates’ clinical data; and compared findings between the 2 groups.Results: The homotype ET group and the compatible ET group showed higher STB, SIB, and platelet levels before ET and decreased levels of the same after ET; the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.001). Compared with the compatible ET group, the decreases in STB, SIB, and platelet count in the homotype ET group showed no significant difference (P> 0.05).Conclusion: ET therapy is the most timely and effective treatment method for severe hyperbilirubinemia in neonates clinically, and the effects of homotype and compatible ET are similar.Keywords: hyperbilirubinemia, exchange transfusion, neonate, homotype, compatibility

The literature on crocodylian anatomy presents the transverse process in an ambiguous meaning, which could represent all lateral expansions derived from the neural arch, including vertebrae from cervical to caudal series, or in a more restrictive meaning, being applied only to lumbar vertebrae. The lateral expansion of sacral and caudal vertebrae usually referred to as the transverse process has been discovered to be fused ribs, bringing more ambiguity to this term. Therefore, with the lack of a definition for transverse process and other associated terms, the present work aims to propose a nomenclatural standardization, as well as definitions and biological meaning, for vertebral rib related structures. Vertebra obtained from museum collections from a total of 87 specimens of 22 species of all extant Crocodylia genera were studied. All vertebrae, except cervical and first three dorsal, exhibit transverse processes. The transverse process is more developed in dorsal and lumbar vertebrae than in sacral and caudal vertebrae in which it is suppressed by the fused ribs. The serial homology hypotheses here proposed can also be aplied to other Crurotarsi and saurischian dinosaurs specimens. This standardization clarifies the understand of the serial homology among those homotypes, and reduces the ambiguity and misleadings in future work comparisons. Anat Rec, 301:1203-1215, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)