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Anti‐D administration after childbirth for preventing Rhesus alloimmunisation

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Title
Anti‐D administration after childbirth for preventing Rhesus alloimmunisation
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Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 1997
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd000021
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Caroline A Crowther, Philippa Middleton

Abstract

The development of Rh immunisation and its prophylactic use since the 1970s has meant that severe Rhesus D (RhD) alloimmunisation is now rarely seen. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effects of giving anti-D to Rhesus negative women, with no anti-D antibodies, who had given birth to a Rhesus positive infant. We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group trials register, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, MEDLINE (from 1966 to January 1999) and reference lists of relevant articles. Date of last search of Cochrane Controlled Trials Register: January 1999. Randomised trials in Rhesus negative women without antibodies who were given anti-D immunoglobulin postpartum compared with no treatment or placebo. Assessments of inclusion criteria, trial quality and data extraction were done by each author independently. Initial analyses included all trials. Other analyses assessed the effect of trial quality, ABO compatibility and dose. Six eligible trials compared postpartum anti-D prophylaxis with no treatment or placebo. The trials involved over 10,000 women, but trial quality varied. Anti-D lowered the incidence of RhD alloimmunisation six months after birth (relative risk 0.04, 95% confidence interval 0.02 to 0.06), and in a subsequent pregnancy (relative risk 0.12, 95% confidence interval 0. 07 to 0.23). These benefits were seen regardless of the ABO status of the mother and baby and when anti-D was given within 72 hours of birth. Higher doses (up to 200 micro grams) were more effective than lower doses (up to 50 micro grams) in preventing RhD alloimmunisation in a subsequent pregnancy. Anti-D, given within 72 hours after childbirth, reduces the risk of RhD alloimmunisation in Rhesus negative women who have given birth to a Rhesus positive infant. However the evidence on the optimal dose is limited.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Ireland 1 1%
Unknown 94 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 13%
Researcher 10 10%
Other 10 10%
Student > Bachelor 10 10%
Student > Master 9 9%
Other 17 18%
Unknown 28 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 10%
Social Sciences 4 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 29 30%
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