Open AccessETHICAL ASPECTS ABOUT INFORMED CONSENT IN CORD BLOOD COLLECTION FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
Author(s) -
Elena Tătăranu,
Maria Stamatin,
Smaranda Diaconescu,
Angelica Cristina Marin,
Cornelia Săvescu,
Marin Burlea
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6175
pISSN - 1454-0398
DOI - 10.37897/rjp.2015.3.4
Subject(s) - umbilical cord , atopy , cord blood , allergy , medicine , informed consent , immunoglobulin e , immunology , intensive care medicine , cord , pediatrics , alternative medicine , surgery , pathology , antibody
Deepening the knowledge about genetic and epigenetic mechanisms studies (environmental caused) regarding atopy, brought revelations about intrauterine onset of allergies, proven by the presence of IgE in umbilical cord blood. Detection of these newborns and their inclusion in a specific care program further reduces the morbidity of allergic march with the undeniable effects on quality of life and healthcare costs. The dramatic increase in the prevalence of atopy in recent decades suggests the importance of IgE in umbilical cord determinations. The use of umbilical cord blood for diagnostic purposes requires clear laws and rules and this is the subject we suggest to debate in this paper.