Late Intra-Uterine Fetal Demise with Fetal Hydrops: Challenges of Management Planning in Indonesia

Intra-uterine fetal blood transfusion.

H M N J Herath1, A W M Wazil1, N V I Ratnatunga2, A S Badurdeen1, K G A D Weerakoon3 1Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, and 3Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. Correspondence: HMNJH, e-mail: . Recei...

Inflammation-Induced Fetal Demise in Uterine NK Cells Mediate

Intra-uterine fetal demise caused by amniotic band syndrome after standard amniocentesis.

The amniotic band syndrome represents a prime example of exogenous disruption of an otherwise normal fetal development. It may be a sequel of invasive diagnostic procedures such as amniocentesis or fetal blood sampling. A 38-year-old gravida II, para II delivered a morphologically normal male stillborn at term. The pregnancy history had been unremarkable but for an early 2nd-trimester amniocent...

Intermittent fetal tachycardia and fetal hydrops.

A case is reported where fetal hydrops was noted 10 days after an initial observation of intermittent fetal tachycardia at 31 weeks. A diagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia was made and a successful conversion to sinus rhythm was achieved with maternally administered flecainide, with subsequent resolution of the hydrops. The fetus required no further treatment in pregnancy or at follow up. ...

Laminaria, induced fetal demise and misoprostol in late abortion.

OBJECTIVES To analyze and determine the safety and effectiveness of induced fetal demise as an adjunctive method in outpatient abortion for patients with advanced pregnancies and to evaluate the independent effect of intrauterine misoprostol administered after amniotomy in late abortion. METHODS During a 9-year period, 1677 abortions were performed for patients whose pregnancies ranged from 1...