The effect of fetal intravascular blood transfusion on plasma endothelin levels in fetuses with rhesus alloimmunization.
Radunovic N, Nastic D, Rebarber A, Kuczynski E, Lockwood C. The effect of fetal intravascular blood transfusion on plasma endothelin levels in fetuses with rhesus alloimmunization. Obstetrics And Gynecology 1998, 91: 956-60. PMID: 9611003, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(98)00073-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelin levelsFetal transfusionPost-transfusionTransfusion of packed red blood cellsFetal umbilical venous bloodVolume of transfused bloodPacked red blood cellsAlloimmune hemolytic anemiaIntravascular blood transfusionIntravascular fetal transfusionPost-transfusion hematocritPost-transfusion increaseUmbilical vein pressureUmbilical venous pressureUmbilical venous bloodPlasma endothelin levelsPost-transfusion measurementsRhesus alloimmunizationGestational ageBlood transfusionIntravascular volumeRed blood cellsEndothelin concentrationsHemolytic anemiaTransfusion