Premium
Rhesus Immunization Before Delivery of the First Baby
Author(s) -
Aickin D. R.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1970.tb00407.x
Subject(s) - immunization , pregnancy , medicine , abortion , gamma globulin , rh blood group system , obstetrics , blood transfusion , immunology , pediatrics , antibody , biology , genetics
Summary The histories of 887 rhesus D immunized patients are reviewed. Forty‐six patients (5.2%) were already immunized by the time of delivery of the first baby. Nine (1%) were probably immunized by an abortion, 17 (1.9%) appeared to become immunized during pregnancy, and 20 (2.2%) were immunized by an incompatible blood transfusion prior to pregnancy. The implications of these findings with regard to timing of anti‐D gamma globulin injections is discussed.