Understanding fetal-maternal hemorrhage: commonly overlooked aspects / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

A consensus on the clinical management of fetal-maternal hemorrhage (FMH) has been reached. We review here other aspects of FMH which we believe should also be considered, including the diagnostic criteria of sinusoidal fetal heart rate pattern, mechanisms of assisted diagnostic methods such as Kleihauer-Betke test and flow cytometry test, differential diagnosis of fetal edema associated with FMH, the timing of intrauterine transfusions, the relationship between FMH and intra-placental choriocarcinoma, and risk of recurrent FMH in subsequent pregnancies, for a better understanding of this disease and its management.