Fetal Cardiocentesis in Care of Severe Kell Immunisation

This case report demonstrates how severe a Kell immunisation can be. Fetal anemia and hydrops fetalis in the second trimester required six intrauterine transfusions, two by cardiocentesis. At 4 years of age the child has shown no abnormalities.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Fetal diagnosis and therapy 1998-11, Vol.13 (6), p.372-374
Hauptverfasser:	Bakos, Oddvar, Ewald, Uwe, Lindgren, P.G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anemia - immunology Biological and medical sciences Blood Group Incompatibility - therapy Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine - methods Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood Female Fetal Diseases - immunology Fetal Diseases - therapy Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Heart Humans Hydrops Fetalis - immunology Infant, Newborn Kell Blood-Group System - immunology Male Medical sciences Pregnancy Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
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Zusammenfassung:	This case report demonstrates how severe a Kell immunisation can be. Fetal anemia and hydrops fetalis in the second trimester required six intrauterine transfusions, two by cardiocentesis. At 4 years of age the child has shown no abnormalities.
ISSN:	1015-3837 1421-9964
DOI:	10.1159/000020872