ABO Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn: Evaluation of Management and Identification of Racial and Antigenic Factors
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 61 (3) , 475-478
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.61.3.475
Abstract
Data from 16,320 deliveries from two time periods were examined to compare the incidence of positive direct Coombs' tests and the number of exchange transfusions performed, using different methods of screening and treatment in each time period. Early routine screening revealed an eightfold increase in the number of Coombs-positive infants, while the combined effect of instituting early screening and the change from white light to special blue light phototherapy greatly diminished the number of exchange transfusions.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Further evidence for a racial difference in frequency of ABO hemolytic diseaseThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1977
- Correlation of cord bilirubin levels with hyperbilirubinaemia in ABO incompatibility.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1977