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MFM Guidance for COVID-19 [PDF]

, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Healthcare providers should prepare internal guidelines covering all aspect of the organization in order to have their unit ready as soon as possible.
Bellussi, Federica, Berghella, Vincenzo, Boelig, Rupsa C., Saccone, Gabriele   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Fetal cardiac function at intrauterine transfusion assessed by automated analysis of color tissue Doppler recordings

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2020
Background Fetal anemia is associated with a hyperdynamic circulation and cardiac remodeling. Rapid intrauterine transfusion (IUT) of blood with high hematocrit and viscosity into the umbilical vein used to treat this condition can temporarily further ...
L. Herling, Jonas Johnson, K. Ferm-Widlund, F. Bergholm, P. Lindgren, S. Sonesson, G. Acharya, M. Westgren   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heterozygous Beta‐Thalassaemia in Pregnancy: Two Rare Causes of Severe Fetal Anemia Requiring Intrauterine Blood Transfusions

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim In this article, we present two cases of severe fetal hemolytic anemia based on a beta‐thalassaemia trait inherited from a single parent. Results These cases, presented at 20 and 28 weeks' gestation, necessitated intra‐uterine blood transfusions.
Eva van der Meij, Frans J. W. Smiers, Tamara T. Koopmann, Ingrid Krapels, Kaatje LePoole, Enrico Lopriore, Johanna M. Middeldorp, Claudia S. Ootjers, Volkher Scharnhorst, Hubertina C. J. Scheepers, Cornelis L. Harteveld, E. J. T. (Joanne) Verweij   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning-Based Keypoint Registration for Fetoscopic Mosaicking [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
In Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), abnormal vascular anastomoses in the monochorionic placenta can produce uneven blood flow between the two fetuses. In the current practice, TTTS is treated surgically by closing abnormal anastomoses using laser ablation. This surgery is minimally invasive and relies on fetoscopy.
arxiv  

Ongoing outbreak of maternal parvovirus B19 infections in Germany since end of 2023: consequence of COVID‐19 pandemic?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics &Gynecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To investigate the ongoing parvovirus B19 (B19V) outbreak among pregnant women in Germany and its connection to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed anonymous data regarding serologically confirmed B19V infections during pregnancy between January 2014 and April 2024 across
J. Jiménez Cruz, R. Axt‐Fliedner, C. Berg, F. Faschingbauer, K. O. Kagan, J. Knabl, A. Lauten, H. Lehmann, H. Stepan, M. Tavares de Sousa, S. Verlohren, U. Germer, J. Weichert, B. Strizek, A. Geipel   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and follow-up of pregnant women with platelet-type human platelet antigen (HPA)-1bb alloimmunized with fetal HPA-1a

Archives of Medical Science, 2016
Introduction : Pregnant women negative for human platelet antigen 1 a (HPA-1a) are at risk of alloimmunization with fetal HPA-1a antigen inherited from the father, and their offspring may develop fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT ...
Marzena Dębska, Małgorzata Uhrynowska, Katarzyna Guz, Izabella Kopeć, Elżbieta Lachert, Agnieszka Orzińska, Piotr Kretowicz, Jolanta Antoniewicz-Papis, Romuald Dębski, Magdalena Łętowska, Anne Husebekk, Ewa Brojer   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Framework for a Smart Social Blood Donation System Based on Mobile Cloud Computing [PDF]

Health Informatics -- An International Journal (HIIJ), vol. 3, no. 4, pp:1-10,2014, 2014
Blood Donation and Blood Transfusion Services (BTS) are crucial for saving people lives. Recently, worldwide efforts have been undertaken to utilize social media and smartphone applications to make the blood donation process more convenient, offer additional services, and create communities around blood donation centers.
arxiv  

Blood ties: ABO is a trans-species polymorphism in primates [PDF]

, 2012
The ABO histo-blood group, the critical determinant of transfusion incompatibility, was the first genetic polymorphism discovered in humans. Remarkably, ABO antigens are also polymorphic in many other primates, with the same two amino acid changes responsible for A and B specificity in all species sequenced to date.
arxiv   +1 more source

Managing Pregnancies of Unknown Location With the M4 Prediction Model or the NICE Algorithm: A Randomised Controlled Trial With Cross‐Sectional Diagnostic Accuracy Data

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the diagnostic performance and clinical utility of the M4 prediction model and the NICE algorithm managing women with pregnancy of unknown location (PUL). Design The study has a superiority design regarding specificity for non‐ectopic pregnancy for M4, given that the primary outcome of sensitivity for ectopic pregnancy ...
Johan Fistouris, Helen Garbergs, Katja Bergman, Christina Bergh, Annika Strandell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partial Exchange Transfusion in the Management of a Preterm Neonate with Severe Anaemia from Acute Foetomaternal Haemorrhage: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Foetomaternal Haemorrhage (FMH) refers to the passage of foetal blood into the maternal circulation. FMH is rarely diagnosed antenatally as clinical findings are subtle and non specific.
Basany Laxman, Batthula Vinay, Gandrakota Naga Priyanka, Giddaluru Rao Priyanka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source