Hi all,
Just wondering if any of you have experience with babies who come up
with a poistive Direct Coombs test?
A cord blood sample from a newborn showed baby was A pos with anti-A
antibodies - they would have been passively transferred from the
O neg mum.
It's pretty likely therefore to be
Hi Sue,
My experience with this (and advice from neonatologists), in a term healthy
baby, is that you observe as any other jaundice and dont have to be extra
aggressive. For the few direct coombs pos babies I have watched p/n at home
there was no sudden increase in jaundice although