Association of ABO and Rh incompatibility with neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia

Postnatal phenobarbitone for preventing hyperbilirubinaemia in newborns with ABO incompatibility.

Phenobarbitone acts as an inducer of hepatic enzymes resulting in accelerated uptake, conjugation and excretion of bilirubin.'> Its prophylactic use in a high risk setting such as ABO incompatibility may help in reducing the need for phototherapy and exchange transfusions. From May to December 1998, a prospective study was done at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, St John's Medical College and ...

Correlation of cord bilirubin levels with hyperbilirubinaemia in ABO incompatibility.

We studied 91 offspring of ABO incompatible preganacies and 30 controls resulting from O--O pregnancies to test whether cord bilirubin levels could be used to predict the severity of hyperbilirubinaemia in ABO incompatibility. Blood group, direct Coombs's test, and serum bilirubin estimations were carried out on cord blood, and bilirubin estimations at 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours of life.

Occurrence of ABO And RhD Incompatibility with Rh Negative Mothers

INTRODUCTION Hemolytic disease of the newborn was first described in the medical literature 1609, when it was diagnosed in one French housewife. In 1932 Diamond and colleagues described the mutual relationship of fetal hydrops, jaundice, anemia and erythoblastosis, which was later called fetal erytroblastosis. Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) in the strict sense is considered disease whos...

Association of ABO & Rh blood groups with Vitiligo

Background: Vitiligo is a common disease. Its etiology is not known, but 30% of patients have a positive family history. Studies have been done on the influence of ABO and Rh blood groups on susceptibility to some diseases. Objective: The purpose of this case-control study was to evaluate the association of ABO and Rh blood groups with vitiligo. Patients and Methods: This study was performed on...

ASSOCIATION OF ABO AND Rh(D) BLOOD GROUPS WITH TRICHURIASIS IN THE NORTH OF IRAN