Open AccessOur Experience of Immune Fetal Hydrops: its Clinical Characteristics and Perinatal Outcome
Author(s) -
Arora Devendra,
Ravi Kumar,
Srinivasan Sanjay,
Madhusudan Dey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynecology of india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0971-9202
pISSN - 0975-6434
DOI - 10.1007/s13224-020-01423-4
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , obstetrics , gestational age , hydrops fetalis , pericardial effusion , pregnancy , gestation , surgery , genetics , biology
Fetal hydrops is a serious condition which has high morbidity and mortality. Incidences of immune hydrops have decreased by manifold after introduction of anti-D immunoglobulin. Intra-uterine fetal blood transfusion revolutionized the treatment of these affected fetuses after diagnosis of immune fetal hydrops. In this study we aim to evaluate the clinical characteristics of immune hydropic fetuses and perinatal outcome after institution of intra-uterine transfusions.