Fetomaternal and Pediatric Toxoplasmosis

Fetomaternal leukocyte incompatibility.

Iso-leukoagglutinins are known to develop primarily in multitransfused patients (1-6). A possibly different kind of agglutinin for white cells, such as that related to aminopyrine leukopenia, has also been described (7). The therapeutic administration of blood and of aminopyrine may not be the only stimuli for leukoagglutinin production. Two groups of investigators, Dausset, Nenna and Brecy (8)...

Trisomy 13 and Massive Fetomaternal Hemorrhage

This is the first case report of trisomy 13 complicated by massive fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). A pale male infant weighing 2,950 g was delivered with low Apgar scores by emergency cesarean section due to non-reassuring fetal status. The umbilical arterial pH and hemoglobin level were 6.815 and 6.9 g/dL (normal: 13 - 22 g/dL), respectively. The maternal hemoglobin-F and serum alpha-fetoprotei...

Fetomaternal outcome in triplet pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE To determine maternal outcome as antenatal and postnatal complications and neonatal outcome as birth weight, morbidity and mortality in triplet gestation. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Mother and Child Health (MCH) Centre, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad from May 2000 to April 2006. PATIENTS AND METHODS All the patients with trip...

Long-term persistent fetomaternal hemorrhage

It is not clear that how long the affected fetuses can tolerate fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). Incidental serial measurements of the fetal peak systolic velocity of the middle cerebral artery and the retrospective analysis of stocked blood available incidentally indicated that our patient had suffered from FMH for at least 2 weeks prior to delivery.

Screening for fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia