Question 17 (part 2) · LEK · Serological incompatibility, alloimmunization and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
Which of the following factors present in pregnancy may be a predisposition towards maternal RhD immunisation and haemolytic disease of the newborn?
- A. uterine bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy.
- B. uterine bleeding in the second half of pregnancy in the case of placenta previa.
- C. diagnostic amniocentesis in the first trimester in the case of a suspected genetic disorder of the foetus.
- D. foetoscopy in the second trimester of pregnancy.
- E. all the above.
Hint
RhD immunisation requires fetal red cells to enter the maternal circulation; which events can cause fetomaternal haemorrhage?
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