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A 1 day y/o 👶🏽neonate, born at 40 weeks, was transferred to our NICU for anemia & hyperbilirubinemia. He is jaundice but has no signs of encephalopathy.🩸The antibody screen is positive.
👇🏽Check out his peripheral smear below and notice the increased number of nucleated RBCs.
🤔Based on the peripheral smear findings, you begin to investigate the patient’s blood bank history because you are suspecting:
🙌🏽You got it! Based on the history and the peripheral smear findings, you are suspecting hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (#HDFN), which is when maternal antibodies are directed against fetal RBC antigens. What is the most common cause of #HDFN?
#Blooducation
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Thursday #Blooducation schmooze on the topic of anti-G antibodies as they pertain to pregnancy and #HDFN. 👇🏽Follow the thread below to get capture the key points🅰️🅱️🆎🅾️🤰🏽👶🏽 Let's get started. #PathTweetorial ImageImage
🚧The anti-G antibody can cause confusion because it presents on a panel as a combination of anti-D and anti-C, sometimes called "anti-CD", when truly, an anti-D may not be present at all 🤦🏽‍♀️
⁉️What type of patients can form an anti-G?
Anti-G antibodies are formed when an Rh(D) neg person, generally rr (dce/dce ) individuals, are exposed through transfusion/pregnancy, to either C+, D+ or C+D+ blood. That's because the G-Ag is always found on C+ & mostly on the D+ RBCs. This is what the panel would look like👇🏽 Image
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