title: Fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH), an update: review of literature and an illustrative case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Blood trafficking from fetus to mother and vice versa is a well-known physiological event that occurs at any stage in pregnancy. If the fetus looses high blood quantities to the maternal blood stream it becomes symptomatic. These symptoms can vary from cardiovascular distress to fetal death.
  
  
  METHODS
  We give a review of current literature on Fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article highlights the importance of physician's awareness on detecting this rare but life threatening entity with both severe consequences for mother and neonate. The traditional measurement of FMH and the co-usage of alpha-fetoprotein are debated. To conclude we describe and discuss an illustrative case of FMH. This article gives an applicatory overview of symptoms, diagnostics and treatment of FMH to facilitate physicians to detect this disease precociously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, Josefine.Maier@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Josefine Theresia
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schalinski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hellmeyer
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005331:Fetomaternal Transfusion / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005333:Fetus; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010820:Physicians; D011247:Pregnancy; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins