scholarly journals Risk Assessment For Readmission For Phototherapy in Neonates With ABO Hemolytic Disease

Author(s):  
Chuncai Xu ◽  
Yingying Bao ◽  
Yuanyuan He ◽  
Jingxin Zhao ◽  
Fengjuan Ji ◽  
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Abstract Background: ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn (ABO HDN) is a main risk factor for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, which is one of the most common causes for readmission in neonates after discharge. Our objective is to assess the risk factors for readmission in neonates with ABO hemolytic disease for phototherapy.Methords: 291 neonates at gestational age ≥ 35 weeks were enrolled with the diagnosis of ABO hemolytic disease by collecting their clinical and laboratory data retrospectively. All these infants were born in Women’s Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University between 2018 and 2019. . Among these neonates, 36 cases were readmitted due to hyperbilirubinemia, which is defined as the study group, while the other 255 cases as the control group.Results: The study and control groups were similar on maternal and infants basic parameters (P> 0.05), as well as the complications of both infants and mothers (P> 0.05). However, we found significant differences in the concentration of initial total serum bilirubin, the onset age for phototherapy, the positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) between two groups (P <0.05). Logistic regression analysis suggested that the age for onset phototherapy and the initial level of total serum bilirubinwere both independent risk factors for readmission in neonates with ABO hemolytic disease.Conclusions: For neonates with hyperbilirubinemia due to ABO HDN, positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT), small age for phototherapy and high initial level of bilirubin can increase the risk of readmission for phototherapy.

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelam Marwaha ◽  
HariKrishan Dhawan ◽  
Beenu Thakral ◽  
Ravneet Kaur ◽  
Sabita Basu ◽  
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Blood ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD E. ROSENFIELD ◽  
FLORENCE EISINGER

Abstract A study was made of oxalated umbilical vein blood of nearly every infant born at The Mount Sinai Hospital in a nine month period. A specimen of maternal blood was available for intragroup antibody screening and six cases of Rh-Hr hemolytic disease were eliminated from the data. The umbilical vein blood was tested, where possible, for: (1) group and Rh, (2) direct antiglobulin test, (3) hemoglobin, (4) reticulocyte count and examination of red cell morphology, (5) plasma bilirubin, and (6) osmotic fragility in 0.52 per cent NaCl. From the mothers’ blood groups, the infants were classified into group compatible and group incompatible, and the arithmetic means of the hemoglobin, reticulocyte count, and plasma bilirubin obtained for each class. A third class of infants, those with positive direct antiglobulin test, were analysed separately for comparison. 1. A weakly positive direct antiglobulin test was obtained on the umbilical vein blood of over 11 per cent of group incompatible infants but in none of the group compatible infants. 2. It appears that the weakly positive direct antiglobulin test detects an abnormal class of group incompatible infants, since their mean hemoglobin is low, their mean reticulocyte count is high, and their mean bilirubin is high, when these means are compared with those of the other group incompatible infants. 3. Thirty-eight of thirty-nine mothers of incompatible infants with positive direct antiglobulin test were group O. In comparison with the distribution of the blood groups of the mothers of other incompatible infants, this disproportion is of significance. 4. The mean reticulocyte count of incompatible infants with negative direct antiglobulin test is slightly (but with statistical significance) higher than the mean reticulocyte count of compatible infants. This difference was found to be associated almost entirely with group O mothers. 5. Thirty-one out of thirty-eight infants with positive direct antiglobulin test had increased osmotic fragility in hypotonic NaCl. Two of the negative cases appeared to have slight spherocytosis on blood smear.


Author(s):  
Secil Ercin ◽  
Yesim Coskun ◽  
Kalender Kayas ◽  
Nazan Kavas ◽  
Tugba Gursoy

Objective: ABO incompatibility is a common cause of neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia. The direct antiglobulin test (DAT) can identify infants developing hemolytic disease. This study aims to evaluate the significance of DAT positivity among neonates with ABO incompatibility. Study Design: This retrospective study included 820 neonates with blood group A or B who were born to blood group O mothers. The study group consisted of neonates (n = 79) who had positive DAT, and the control group consisted of infants (n = 741) who had negative DAT. Demographic and clinical data of the neonates regarding jaundice were collected and compared statistically. Results: The bilirubin level at 24 hours of life (study group 8 ± 2.6 mg/dl, control group 6 ± 2.2 mg/dl, p < 0.001) and the highest bilirubin level (study group 12.7 ± 3.6 mg/dl, control group 10.4 ± 4.2 mg/dl, p < 0.001) were higher in infants with positive DAT. In the study group 37 (46.8%) infants and in the control group 83 (11.2%) infants received PT in the nursery (p < 0.001). In neonates with positive DAT; direct bilirubin level, duration of hospitalization, and PT in the nursery were higher (p = 0.002, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001), whereas hemoglobin level was lower (p < 0.001). Conclusion: In neonates with ABO incompatibility, a positive DAT is a risk factor for developing significant hyperbilirubinemia. Close follow-up of newborn infants with ABO incompatibility is crucial for early detection and treatment of neonatal jaundice to avoid early and late complications.


2015 ◽  
Vol 83 (7) ◽  
pp. 740-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Nishant Saini ◽  
Paramjit Kaur ◽  
Tanvi Sood ◽  
Gagandeep Kaur ◽  
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Author(s):  
Julien Cabo ◽  
Alice Brochier ◽  
Pascale Saussoy ◽  
Marie-Astrid van Dievoet ◽  
Lena Capirchio ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 1753495X2110453
Author(s):  
Katherine Creeper ◽  
Dorothy Graham

Anaemia in pregnancy is common, however, only a few cases of pregnancy-associated autoimmune haemolytic anaemia have been documented. Typically, such cases involve a positive direct antiglobulin test and have the potential to cause haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Rarely, no autoantibodies are detected. We report two cases of direct antiglobulin test negative haemolytic anaemia occurring in multiparous women with no cause found. Both women had a haematological response to corticosteroid therapy and delivery.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Camprubí ◽  
Arturo Pereira ◽  
Natalia Rodriguez-Valero ◽  
Alex Almuedo ◽  
Rosauro Varo ◽  
...  

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