title: Fetal abnormalities: diagnosis or treatment with percutaneous umbilical blood sampling under continuous US guidance.
abstract: Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling has become an important tool in maternal-fetal medicine and allows direct access to fetal blood. In 52 patients, 100 successful consecutive blood sampling procedures were done for a variety of indications, including 20 intravascular intrauterine fetal transfusions for isoimmune disease. Indications, technique, and complications in this series of percutaneous umbilical blood sampling procedures are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Benacerraf
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Barss
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Saltzman
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Penso
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Frigoletto
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine / Q000379:methods; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography