Icteric Serum as an Indicator of Fetal Vascular Access During Intravascular Transfusion for Hemolytic Disease
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in American Journal of Perinatology
- Vol. 7 (03) , 279-280
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-999501
Abstract
Correct needle placement during intravascular transfusion of the fetus may be difficult with an anterior placentation. Elevated bilirubin levels due to red cell hemolysis in the fetus of an alloimmunized pregnancy will result in icteric serum. The finding of such serum in centrifuged capillary tubes can be used to confirm fetal vascular access.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: