Management of neonatal anemia in the delivery room.

Anemia in ihe newborn can result from many causes. Fetomaternal transfusion is one of them and occurs commonly during pregnancy. It can range from small hemorrhage leading to mild anemia to massive amount with circulatory collapse in the neonate. Chronic fetomaternal transfusion leads to anemia or occasionally hydrops fetails. It is not an emergency as is an acute hemorrhage. We report a case where the fetomaternal transfusion was acute and massive, leading to severe birth asphyxia and circulatory collapse.