Re: fetus to maternal transfusion

From: Kaycnm@aol.com
Thu Nov 9 05:43:25 2000


In a message dated 11/6/00 10:29:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, csiegers@novagate.com writes:

<< 31 yo pO healthy mom @ 38 wks, O pos, uneventful gestation presents w/ c/o little fetal movement. AFI , NST=non-reactive, CST soon shows sinusoidal pattern. Cx 4/100. Stat c/s 6# pale female infant, Apgar 0/3, lives with suppport x 24h. Infant hgb=1.0. Lots of fetal cells in maternal circulation (if you do the math, 180-200cc fetal blood). No final autopsy or placental reports yet, but no obvious chorioangioma. waddayathink? >>

This could have been written about a woman east of Atlanta (Snellville) in '96. Except she came in a little earlier and the apgars were 3-7, the hgb was 7 and the baby did well with transfusion. No signs of abruption. Just a significant fetal-maternal transfusion, said the perinatologist.

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