Courtesy Getty Images Learn more about when a baby receives the most maternal antibodies during pregnancy and how the antibodies are transferred to the fetus. When navigating hemolytic disease of the ...

Courtesy Getty Images Learn more about intrauterine transfusions, including their history and how they changed the treatment landscape of HDFN. Intrauterine transfusions (IUTs) are a cornerstone of ...

Locating blood products for patients with very rare blood groups such as Oh(Bombay) remains difficult and requires careful planning and communication. A recent case report published in Blood Global ...

Umbilical cord bilirubin testing is a non-invasive tool that may lead to more prompt HDFN diagnosis and treatment. Hyperbilirubinemia, or high bilirubin levels, is one of the primary signs of HDFN.

The study authors underlined the importance of transfusion-based interventions for a successful outcome in pregnancies with severe anemia due to HDFN. The researchers sought to evaluate the prevalence ...

Standardized protocols may help to address the wide international variation in HDFN treatment and outcomes. A study recently published in Prenatal Diagnosis provides an overview of the evolving ...

Courtesy Getty Images Fetal hemoglobin is a type of protein found in a baby’s blood before birth that carries oxygen from the mother’s bloodstream to the fetus. Fetal hemoglobin is a type of protein ...

The report details a severe case of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) that resulted in infant death 10 days after birth. The authors described a case of a patient with severe HDFN due ...

The fetus received IVIG, two intrauterine transfusions and four therapeutic plasma exchanges over the course of the pregnancy. A case report and literature review published in the Journal of Perinatal ...

In a recent study, a small percentage of patients given postnatal anti-D immunoprophylaxis still developed alloimmunization. Immunoprophylaxis is a form of therapy that is used to prevent the ...

Courtesy Getty Images IVIG is a common treatment for HDFN, and though most side effects are mild, there is a small risk of serious complications. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is used in the ...

Guidelines included information about when and how treatments like IVIG and IUTs should be administered. There are constantly new suggestions on how alloimmunized pregnancies should be managed. In a ...