What would be the indication for using this in a newborn who is just two hours old? It’s a term baby born via C section and has respiratory distress requiring oxygen support
What else related product would you give? Share your thoughts regarding side effects of Hepatitis B Immune Globin for newborn
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A newborn receiving Hepatitis b IG might experience temporary pain, redness or swelling where the injection was given. A newborn is likely to develop chronic hepatitis b, if mother has Hepatitis b infection.To avoid risk of infection, Hepatitis b IG is given immediately after birth to the newborn.
Hepatitis B IG can produce pain, swelling and redness at the site of injection and can also lead to slight elevation in body temperature.
Was there any h/o maternal hepatitis infection?main indication is prevention of hepatitis B transmission from an infected mother to her newborn.
HBIG here is for passive immunoprophylaxis against hepatitis B given within 12 hours of birth, alongside the hepatitis B vaccine at a separate site, for babies of HBsAg-positive mothers. Side effects are generally mild like local pain/swelling at the injection site, occasionally low-grade fever. Anaphylaxis is very rare. The respiratory distress sounds unrelated unless the mother’s status points otherwise.
Correct. 
The mother in this case has chronic hepatitis B.
