title: Autologous blood transfusions and pregnancy.
abstract: The application of autologous and frozen red blood cell (RBC) programs is described for 3 pregnant women with antibodies to high-incidence blood group antigens (anti-Lutheranb, anti-Cellano, anti-Vel). The cases illustrate how readily available supplies or rare blood types can be maintained throughout pregnancy using autologous and frozen RBC techniques, including selective predeposit, "family-sharing," and intensive phlebotomy with fluid replacement. The RBC phenotypes described in this paper are exceedingly rare since they occur in only 0.1-0.001% of random donors. However, the principles of autologous blood transfusions are universal and they can be applied to the general problems of blood group incompatibility in pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000628:therapy*; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D008188:Lutheran Blood-Group System; D010641:Phenotype; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D008188:Lutheran Blood-Group System