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Spontaneous Improvement in Severity of Erythroblastosis With Advancing Parity
Author(s) -
Drew J. H.,
Mountain K. R.,
Beischer N. A.
Publication year - 1977
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.1977.tb02628.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exchange transfusion , obstetrics , rh isoimmunization , cord , parity (physics) , umbilical cord , pregnancy , pediatrics , fetus , surgery , immunology , physics , particle physics , biology , genetics
Summary: Two cases of severe rhesus isoimmunization with spontaneous improvement in severity of erythroblastosis with advancing parity are presented. The infant of one of these patients had a cord haemoglobin value of 4.6 g per 100 ml and required abdominal paracentesis, 9 exchange transfusions, and survived 3 cardiorespiratory arrests to develop into a normal child. In a subsequent pregnancy this patient was delivered of an infant whose cord blood was Coombs positive and had a cord haemoglobin value of 15.0 g per 100 ml; the infant survived without an exchange transfusion.