Book contents
- Fetal Medicine
- Fetal Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Fetal Anatomy
- Chapter 2 Screening for Common Chromosomal Abnormalities and Other Genetic Conditions
- Chapter 3 Fetal Anatomy
- Chapter 4 Small for Gestational Age (SGA) and Fetal Growth Restriction
- Chapter 5 Large for Gestational Age (LGA) Fetus
- Chapter 6 Rhesus Disease
- Chapter 7 Fetal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
- Chapter 8 Hydrops in Second and Third Trimester
- Chapter 9 Abnormal Placenta
- Chapter 10 Umbilical Cord Abnormalities
- Chapter 11 Amniotic Fluid Abnormalities
- Chapter 12 Multiple Pregnancy
- Chapter 13 Short Cervix in Asymptomatic Women
- Chapter 14 Fetal Infections
- Chapter 15 Drugs in Pregnancy and Teratogenesis
- Chapter 16 Ultrasound Guided Invasive Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures
- Chapter 17 Fetoscopy and Ultrasound Guided Thermal Therapeutic Procedures
- Chapter 18 Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida
- Chapter 19 Genetic Syndromes
- Chapter 20 Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality
- Index
- References
Chapter 6 - Rhesus Disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- Fetal Medicine
- Fetal Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Fetal Anatomy
- Chapter 2 Screening for Common Chromosomal Abnormalities and Other Genetic Conditions
- Chapter 3 Fetal Anatomy
- Chapter 4 Small for Gestational Age (SGA) and Fetal Growth Restriction
- Chapter 5 Large for Gestational Age (LGA) Fetus
- Chapter 6 Rhesus Disease
- Chapter 7 Fetal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
- Chapter 8 Hydrops in Second and Third Trimester
- Chapter 9 Abnormal Placenta
- Chapter 10 Umbilical Cord Abnormalities
- Chapter 11 Amniotic Fluid Abnormalities
- Chapter 12 Multiple Pregnancy
- Chapter 13 Short Cervix in Asymptomatic Women
- Chapter 14 Fetal Infections
- Chapter 15 Drugs in Pregnancy and Teratogenesis
- Chapter 16 Ultrasound Guided Invasive Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures
- Chapter 17 Fetoscopy and Ultrasound Guided Thermal Therapeutic Procedures
- Chapter 18 Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida
- Chapter 19 Genetic Syndromes
- Chapter 20 Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter covers definitions, possible presentations and investigations in cases of Rhesus incompatibility. Subsequent management is divided into plans for cases without history of immune disease, those with history of immune disease and management of fetuses with raised middle cerebral artery Doppler and those with ascites.
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- Fetal MedicineAn Illustrated Textbook, pp. 273 - 281Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023