Kleihauer-Betke testing is important in all cases of maternal trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1094-1098

  Muench, Michael V ^a,b   Baschat, Ahmet A ^a   Reddy, Uma M ^a   Mighty, Hugh E ^a   Weiner, Carl P ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a   Harman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetomaternal hemorrhage; Kleihauer Betke test; Pregnancy; Preterm labor; Transplacental hemorrhage; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KLEIHAUER BETKE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 9644291399     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000096654.37009.B7     Document Type: Article

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