Viral Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn

Viral Diseases of the Fetus

[Infectious diseases in the fetus and newborn infant].

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Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: managing the mother, fetus, and newborn.

Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) affects 3/100 000 to 80/100 000 patients per year. It is due to maternal blood group antibodies that cause fetal red cell destruction and in some cases, marrow suppression. This process leads to fetal anemia, and in severe cases can progress to edema, ascites, heart failure, and death. Infants affected with HDFN can have hyperbilirubinemia in th...

On Fetus and Newborn

Maternal use of certain drugs during pregnancy can result in transient neonatal signs consistent with withdrawal or acute toxicity or cause sustained signs consistent with a lasting drug effect. In addition, hospitalized infants who are treated with opioids or benzodiazepines to provide analgesia or sedation may be at risk for manifesting signs of withdrawal. This statement updates information ...

Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn

The antibodies responsible for haemolysis can be naturally occuring (eg, anti-A or anti-B antibodies) or can develop as a result of a sensitising event such as pregnancy or transfusion. The most well recognised is rhesus alloimmunisation (Greek: allo = 'other' or 'different from') which begins with red blood cells from a rhesus-positive fetus crossing the placental barrier during pregnancy and ...