Outcome of intravascular transfusion in the severely isoimmunized fetus.

ABSTRACT

To assess and evaluate the outcome of pregnancies complicated with severe rhesus-isoimmunization treated with intrauterine blood transfusions. A retrospective study Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital The study population comprised 39 patients with 48 severely isoimmunized pregnancies In all, 159 intrauterine transfusions including 114 intravascular and 45 intraperitoneal transfusions Complications of the procedure and outcome of the pregnancies Overall survival rate was 79.2%. Procedure-related mortality rate 6.2% Intravenous fetal transfusion is a safe procedure and in most cases leads to delivery of a mature healthy newborn requiring minimal treatment during the neonatal period