On 27th March, 1946, a telephone message was received from one of the local hospitals to the effect that a male baby, six days old, was dying trom jaundice and that serological investigation was necessary. Instructions were sent that the mother's blood (i, in citrated saline, and ii, in a dry tube) and the baby's blood (in citrated saline only) should be sent to the laboratory by the hand of th...

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...

abstract background parental blood variables are one of the most important medical-biological causes of intellectual and physical-movement disabilities. the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between parents’ blood variables (abo and rh blood type) and their relationship with frequency of intellectual and physical-movement disabilities in isfahan province. materials and meth...

Background. Factors that have been associated with severe hyperbilirubinaemia requiring exchange blood transfusion (EBT) are early discharge, late preterm birth and haemolytic disease. Early discharge is a common practice in neonatal care, so it important to identify audit neonates who received EBT, order modifiable factors. 
 Objectives. To describe the characteristics outcomes of infants...

Introduction Hydrops Fetalis is a serious condition in fetal period, characterized by the presence of serous fluid accumulation in at least two potential spaces in fetus including pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and ascites. The incidence of hydrops fetalis is one per 2500-3000 pregnancies. This condition is followed by different diseases. Fetal hemolytic anemia and its hypoxemia due to...

Thirty of the 38 cases were the result of Rh sensitization, and eight were due to incompatibility in the ABO system. Prenatal Investptions. Pregnant women attending the health centres, which combine the functions of prenatal and infant welfare clinics, were examined routinely for Rh blood groups. The Rh-negative women were tested for Rh antibodies. Cases with Rh antibodies were invited to atten...