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- The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Basic Sciences in Obstetrics
- Section 2 Early Pregnancy Problems
- Section 3 Fetal Medicine
- Chapter 10 Pre-Conception Care
- Chapter 11 Ultrasound Scanning in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
- Chapter 12 Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques
- Chapter 13 Invasive Fetal Therapies
- Chapter 14 Normal Fetal Growth and Fetal Macrosomia
- Chapter 15 Fetal Haemolysis
- Chapter 16 Antenatal Care of a Normal Pregnancy
- Chapter 17 Screening for High-Risk Pregnancy
- Chapter 18 Multiple Pregnancy
- Chapter 19 Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Chapter 20 Fetal Origin of Adult Disease
- Chapter 21 Antepartum Haemorrhage
- Chapter 22 Obstetric Care of Migrant Populations
- Chapter 23 Care of Women with Previous Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
- Chapter 24 Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes
- Section 4 Maternal Medicine
- Section 5 Intrapartum Care
- Section 6 Neonatal Problems
- Section 7 Placenta
- Section 8 Public Health Issues in Obstetrics
- Section 9 Co-Morbidities during Pregnancy
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 15 - Fetal Haemolysis
from Section 3 - Fetal Medicine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2021
- The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Basic Sciences in Obstetrics
- Section 2 Early Pregnancy Problems
- Section 3 Fetal Medicine
- Chapter 10 Pre-Conception Care
- Chapter 11 Ultrasound Scanning in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
- Chapter 12 Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques
- Chapter 13 Invasive Fetal Therapies
- Chapter 14 Normal Fetal Growth and Fetal Macrosomia
- Chapter 15 Fetal Haemolysis
- Chapter 16 Antenatal Care of a Normal Pregnancy
- Chapter 17 Screening for High-Risk Pregnancy
- Chapter 18 Multiple Pregnancy
- Chapter 19 Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Chapter 20 Fetal Origin of Adult Disease
- Chapter 21 Antepartum Haemorrhage
- Chapter 22 Obstetric Care of Migrant Populations
- Chapter 23 Care of Women with Previous Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
- Chapter 24 Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes
- Section 4 Maternal Medicine
- Section 5 Intrapartum Care
- Section 6 Neonatal Problems
- Section 7 Placenta
- Section 8 Public Health Issues in Obstetrics
- Section 9 Co-Morbidities during Pregnancy
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Fetal haemolysis results from the breakdown of red blood cells secondary to immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies that pass from the mother through to the fetus resulting in anaemia and fetal hydrops which may result in intrauterine fetal death [1]. Fetal haemolysis is also known as haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) and erythroblastosis fetalis. Historically, fetal haemolysis was almost synonymous with rhesus D (RhD) alloimmunization and was common until the late 1960s. Since crossmatching red blood cell transfusions for RhD and introduction of routine anti-D immunoglobin (anti-D Ig) prophylaxis in the 1970s, the spectrum of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn has changed dramatically [2].
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- The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & GynaecologyObstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine, pp. 122 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021