Understanding Rhesus D Management and Blood Transfusion Protocols in Pregnancy

What’s scarier than picking blood for one patient? Picking blood for TWO patients where one of them is inside the other (or only very recently outside). Obstetrics isn’t immune to the acronym train so join Nick, Cale and Bashar as we talk about HDFN, RhD prophylaxis and that OMG sensation that comes when looking after some of our smallest patients. 

Timestamps:

0:58 - Trust me this is worth it
2:30 - Episode overview
4:22 - Transfusion in pregnancy
5:52 - Kell in pregnancy
6:47 - Transfusion in neonates
9:58 - Intrauterine transfusion
11:00 - HDFN: Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn
13:17 - Anti-D antibodies in HDFN
17:35 - Estimating FMH
20:23 - Anti-D prophylaxis
24:52 - Managing maternal alloantibodies
26:38 - Other important antibodies
31:20 - NIPT
33:00 - Episode Summary

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