Foetal Haemoglobin as a Marker of Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to Anti-Kell Alloimmunisation
Anti-Kell alloimmunisation is a potentially severe minor blood group type incompatibility, not only as a cause of haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn, but also due to the destruction of red blood cells (RBC) and mature form in the bone marrow ...
Rodrigo Alfredo Morales Painamil +7 more
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Leucoreduction of blood components. an effective way to increase blood safety? [PDF]
Over the past 30 years, it has been demonstrated that removal of white blood cells from blood components is effective in preventing some adverse reactions such as febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions, immunisation against human leucocyte antigens
Bianchi, Maria +6 more
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Fetal exposure to mercury and lead from intrauterine blood transfusions [PDF]
Mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) exposure during childhood is associated with irreversible neurodevelopmental effects. Fetal exposure to Hg and Pb from intrauterine blood transfusion (IUBT) has not been reported.Fetal exposure was estimated based on transfusion volume and metal concentration in donor packed red blood cell (PRBCs).
Alison J, Falck +4 more
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force +9 more
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Complications of intrauterine intravascular blood transfusion: lessons learned after 1678 procedures [PDF]
ABSTRACTObjectiveMaternal alloimmunization to fetal red‐blood‐cell antigens is a major cause of fetal anemia, which can lead to hydrops and perinatal death if untreated. The cornerstone of management during pregnancy is intrauterine intravascular blood transfusion (IUT).
Zwiers, C. +5 more
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MANAGEMENT OF FETAL ANEMIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA WITH INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Fetal anemia and fetal thrombocytopenia are two of the most unsmiling complications in pregnant women, and they can lead to perinatal mortality and morbidity. After long years of study with intravascular intrauterine blood transfusion, a number of varieties of implications have been described.
Rohan Pal +5 more
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Severe hereditary spherocytosis presenting with non-immune fetal hydrops
Background: Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is characterized by spherocytes on the peripheral smear and heterogeneous clinical presentation (mild, moderate, moderate/severe, and severe) depending upon the severity of hemolytic anemia, jaundice, and ...
Snehal Mallakmir +3 more
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Early invasive prenatal diagnosis in HBsAg-positive women [PDF]
From 1982 to 1989, pregnant women in two large city hospitals in The Netherlands had serum samples screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Infants of mothers found to be HBsAg-positive received hepatitis B immune globulin immediately after ...
Alter +25 more
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Pseudo-monoamniotic Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Etiologic Considerations [PDF]
Pseudomonoamniotic gestations are increasingly recognized through sonographic surveillance of monochorionic twins, though etiologic factors remain undefined.
Martin, Jessica +6 more
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Secondary neonatal iron overload occurs with intrauterine and post-natal blood transfusions. Treatment with intravenous Deferoxamine was reported only in four cases in the literature.
Fareed Khdair-Ahmad +3 more
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