TY - JOUR
T1 - Mild-to-moderate foeto-maternal haemorrhage in the third trimester and at term of pregnancy
T2 - Quantitative determination and clinical-diagnostic evaluation
AU - Beneventi, Fausta
AU - Cavagnoli, Chiara
AU - Locatelli, Elena
AU - Bariselli, Silvia
AU - Simonetta, Margherita
AU - Viarengo, Gianluca
AU - Perotti, Cesare
AU - Spinillo, Arsenio
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Background: Foeto-maternal haemorrhage (FMH), a gestational event that occurs before or during delivery, consists of a loss of foetal blood into the maternal circulation. FMH occurs more frequently during the third trimester or labour both in normal and complicated pregnancies. In the case of alloimmunisation, the maternal immunological response and the severity of the resulting foetal or neonatal disease depend on the amount of foetal blood that passes into the maternal circulation. The aim of this study was to determine FMH in the third trimester and at term of pregnancy and to evaluate the role of clinical and ultrasound markers in the prediction of FMH. Materials and methods: FMH was quantified by cytofluorimetric testing at 28 to 35 weeks of gestation in 223 women and at term in 465 women, all with risk factors. Foetal evaluation included foetal movement profile, middle cerebral artery peak velocity of systolic blood flow (MCA-PSV) and cardiotocographic monitoring. Results: All women tested negative for FMH in the third trimester. Four patients (0.9%) tested positive at term, with estimated volumes of bleeding of 2.2, 8.1, 12.3 and 39.8 mL. Three FMH cases (75%) had a non-reassuring cardiotocography compared to 8.9% (42/461) of women without FMH (p=0.003) and two FMH cases reported a reduction in foetal movements reduction compared to four of those without FMH (p=0.001). Mean MCA-PSV was normal in both the groups with and without FMH (p=0.22). Discussion: FMH is rare in pregnancy and at term. Cytofluorimetric testing is a specific method to detect mild-to-moderate FMH even when the MCA-PSV is not informative. Mild-to-moderate FMH is significantly associated with reduced foetal movements and non-reassuring cardiotocographic monitoring.
AB - Background: Foeto-maternal haemorrhage (FMH), a gestational event that occurs before or during delivery, consists of a loss of foetal blood into the maternal circulation. FMH occurs more frequently during the third trimester or labour both in normal and complicated pregnancies. In the case of alloimmunisation, the maternal immunological response and the severity of the resulting foetal or neonatal disease depend on the amount of foetal blood that passes into the maternal circulation. The aim of this study was to determine FMH in the third trimester and at term of pregnancy and to evaluate the role of clinical and ultrasound markers in the prediction of FMH. Materials and methods: FMH was quantified by cytofluorimetric testing at 28 to 35 weeks of gestation in 223 women and at term in 465 women, all with risk factors. Foetal evaluation included foetal movement profile, middle cerebral artery peak velocity of systolic blood flow (MCA-PSV) and cardiotocographic monitoring. Results: All women tested negative for FMH in the third trimester. Four patients (0.9%) tested positive at term, with estimated volumes of bleeding of 2.2, 8.1, 12.3 and 39.8 mL. Three FMH cases (75%) had a non-reassuring cardiotocography compared to 8.9% (42/461) of women without FMH (p=0.003) and two FMH cases reported a reduction in foetal movements reduction compared to four of those without FMH (p=0.001). Mean MCA-PSV was normal in both the groups with and without FMH (p=0.22). Discussion: FMH is rare in pregnancy and at term. Cytofluorimetric testing is a specific method to detect mild-to-moderate FMH even when the MCA-PSV is not informative. Mild-to-moderate FMH is significantly associated with reduced foetal movements and non-reassuring cardiotocographic monitoring.
KW - Cytofluorimetric assay
KW - Foetal anaemia
KW - Foeto-maternal haemorrhage
KW - Pregnancy
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U2 - 10.2450/2017.0316-16
DO - 10.2450/2017.0316-16
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046149176
VL - 16
SP - 302
EP - 306
JO - Blood Transfusion
JF - Blood Transfusion
SN - 1723-2007
IS - 3
ER -