RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY Flashcards
Is a type of protein on the outside or surface of your RBC
RH factor
Your __ tells you about markers on the surface of your red blood cells
Blood type
Is a RBC surface antigen that was named after the monkeys in which nit was first discovered
RH Factor
Also known as Rh disease, a condition that occurs when a woman with Rh negative blood type is exposed to Rh positive blood cells leading to the development of Rh antibodies
Rh incompatibility
2 mechanism para magkaroon ng ganto
1 Pregnant Rh negative carrying Rh positive baby
- Blood transfusion
Situation where blood from the fetal circulation may LEAK into the maternal circulation and after a significant exposure __ occurs leading to maternal antibody production against the foreign Rh antigen
Rh sensitization
Test like amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling
*Injury or trauma to your abdomen
*Early pregnancy complications like miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy
Causes of Rh incopatibility
Molar pregnancy
After maneuver to turn a breech baby
*Delivery (IE, Vaginal, CS)
*Antepartum hemorrhage (placenta previa, abruption, uterine rupture)
Non fetal exposure to Rh positive blood
Blood transfusion
Bone marrow transplantation
Needle stick injury
After birth infant may have?..
Jaundice (yellowish skin and whites of the eyes
Hypotonia (low muscle tone)
Lethargy
Hydrops fetalis (sweeling or edema)
Is a neurologic syndrome caused by deposition of bilirubin into central nervous system tissues.
Kernicterus
Charactrized by severe hemolytic anemia and jaundice
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Chracterized by high output cardiac failure, edema, ascites, pericardial effusion and extramedullary hematopoiesis
Hydrops fetalis
Gold standard test
Indirect Coombs Test
Direct Coombs
Is a medication that stops your body from making Rh antibodies. Its only helpful if your body hasn’t already made Rh immunoglobulin
RhoGAM
