Necrotizing enterocolitis following intrauterine blood transfusion.
Intravascular intrauterine transfusion allows a more sophisticated and exact approach to the management of severe Rh hemolytic disease. This technique involves direct manipulation of the fetal umbilical vessels; its hazards include umbilical cord trauma and thrombosis or emboli. The consequences of such events in utero are largely unknown. In this case necrotizing enterocolitis occurred in a full-term infant after three intrauterine intravascular transfusions.
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Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
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D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000293:injuries