Diagnosis and treatment of feto-maternal hemorrhage in a fetus with homozygous von Willebrand's disease.
In a fetus with severe type-III von Willebrand's disease, fetal blood sampling by cordocentesis was associated with feto-maternal hemorrhage, fetal hypovolemia, and persistent bradycardia. The fetal condition improved after intracardiac transfusion of blood.
Ash
K M
KM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King's College Hospital School of Medicine, London, UK.
Mibashan
R S
RS
Nicolaides
K H
KH
D000328:Adult; D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005331:Fetomaternal Transfusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics