Acute posttraumatic fetal anemia treated with fetal intravascular transfusion.
Fetal trauma resulting in acute anemia after maternal blunt abdominal trauma is a rare but potentially lethal condition. We recently managed such a case with the use of fetal intravascular transfusion.
Del Valle
G O
GO
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131-5286.
Joffe
G M
GM
Izquierdo
L A
LA
Smith
J F
JF
Kasnic
T
T
Gilson
G J
GJ
Chatterjee
M S
MS
Curet
L B
LB
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005865:Gestational Age; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D049188:Prenatal Injuries