Colloid Osmotic Pressure in Erythroblastosis Fetalis

Experimental Erythroblastosis Fetalis in Rabbits

A pair of blood group factors, designated G and g, was identified in rabbits by serological means. These factors were found to be alleles, and one or the other or both of them were regularly present in the red cells of every one of a large number of mongrel and inbred rabbits. The factors were not demonstrable in other tissue cells or in the body fluids. They were capable of stimulating the for...

Laboratory identification of erythroblastosis fetalis.

The clinical laboratory assumes the paramount role of supplying accurate data to the attending physician for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HDN. Maternal prenatal testing identifies patients at risk for Rh-HDN. The antibody titer is of primary value in assessing patients as candidates for amniocentesis. Amniotic fluid analyses provide an assessment of fetal prognosis in HDN and also...

Plasma colloid osmotic pressure in healthy infants

BACKGROUND The plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in transcapillary fluid balance. There is no information on plasma COP of healthy infants beyond the first post-natal week. The normal COP in healthy adult subjects (25 mmHg) is currently also applied as a reference value for healthy infants. This study was designed to test whether plasma COP values in healthy infants are t...

Rupture of the spleen in erythroblastosis fetalis.

A male infant of 36 weeks' gestation, weighing 3080 g, with erythroblastosis, ruptured spleen, and bilateral suprarenal haemorrhages is described. The infant survived after exchange transfusions and splenectomy.

The colloid osmotic pressure of serum.