title: Antenatal fetal blood sampling for the management of alloimmunized pregnancies: effect upon maternal anti-D potency levels.
abstract: Increase in maternal anti-D concentrations after intrauterine investigation has been studied retrospectively in 95 rhesus (D) alloimmunized pregnancies; 48 were managed by fetal blood sampling (FBS) procedures (using fetoscopy or ultrasound-guided needle sampling) and 47 using amniocentesis. In those pregnancies where the fetus was rhesus (D) positive, the frequency of procedure-related increases (greater than 50%) in maternal anti-D potency was estimated following single procedures and found to be similar for the two methods of FBS employed (28%) and for amniocentesis (31%). The proportion of pregnancies showing an increase in anti-D potency was higher after ultrasound-guided needle sampling (75%) than after fetoscopic FBS (40%) and after amniocentesis (44%).
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization / Q000097:blood*; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
chemical_list: D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System