Ch 10 Fetal Hydrops

Question 1

fetal hydrops

Answer 1

accumulation of edema fluid in the fetus during intrauterine growth

Question 2

immune hydrops

Answer 2

hemolytic anemia caused by Rh blood group incompatibility b/w mother and fetus

Question 3

non immune hydrops 3 major causes

Answer 3

cardiovascular defects, chromosomal anomalies, fetal anemia

Question 4

hydrops - morphology

Answer 4

associated w/ feta anemia - fetus and placenta are pale, liver and spleen are enlarges from cardiac failure
EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS in the liver spleen and lymph nodes
Kericterus - CNS damage leading to bright yellow color,

Question 5

hydrops - clinical features

Answer 5

minimally affected infants display pallor, hepatosplenomegaly
gravely ill present with intense jaundice, generalized edema, signs of neurologic injury