Tag Archives: anti-K

Case 60 – summary

Posted on 03/07/2016 by

Panel: In this case we interpreted an antibody panel to establish this lady was A RhD positive and had an anti K antibody. When a possible antibody is detected it is important to phenotype the patient’s cell for the corresponding … Continue reading →

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Case 60 – update 3

Posted on 30/06/2016 by

The IUT thankfully was performed without complication and the fetal medicine team repeated the IUT two weeks later and the delivery is then arranged. When planning for delivery what bloods should be taken from the cord sample? What are the … Continue reading →

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Case 60 – update 2

Posted on 29/06/2016 by

The patient has being having regular antibody titres every four weeks and her titre remains 1 in 8. Her weekly MCA dopplers unfortunately shown at 26 weeks her MCA velocity has increased >  1.5 multiples of median suggestive of fetal … Continue reading →

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Case 60 – update 1

Posted on 28/06/2016 by

The lady is Group A positive and has an Anti K antibody detected.The lab performed phenotyping on the maternal sample and she is K negative. She has never been pregnant before. She has no history of IV drug abuse. She … Continue reading →

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