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. 2024 May 23;42:e00620. doi: 10.1016/j.crwh.2024.e00620

Table 3.

Summary of five fetal anemia case reports and their therapeutic interventions due to anti-M alloimmunization.

No author year country Interventions average gestational age at diagnosis average GA at first intervention Delivery outcomes
1 Furukawa et al. [12] 1993 Japan plasmapheresis 6 times on a biweekly program 12 weeks of gestation Intrauterine death
2 Furukawa et al. [12] 1993 Japan plasmapheresis therapy, 56 Liter 2 months of gestation Normal delivery with induction, 35 weeks Alive, initiated phototherapy, normal developing
3 Seo et al. [13] 2007 South Korea Fetal intravascular transfusions, 2 times 32 weeks+2 days 32 weeks+2 days Normal delivery with induction, 35 weeks Alive, initiated phototherapy, and one time transfusion for newborn
4 Bajpayee et al. [14] 2014 India Intrauterine transfusion, 3 times 20 weeks 28 weeks C-section Alive, mild jaundice at birth receiving phototherapy for newborn, normal developmental and hematological follow-up after 12 months
5 Li et al. [9] 2017 China Intrauterine transfusions, 5 times 22 weeks+5 days 22 weeks+6 days elective cesarean section, 36 weeks Alive, two blood transfusion for the neonate after birth, normal developmental follow-up until 6 months
6 Hubinont et al. [16] 2017 Belgium plasma exchange twice a week and daily low molecular weight heparin injection, 1 Intrauterine transfusions Intrauterine death at 20 weeks
7 Hubinont et al. [16] 2017 Belgium Plasmapheresis at 7 weeks and twice a week and changed to 3/week after 12 weeks, 7 weeks+5 days Cesarean, 32 weeks+6 days Alive, Phototherapy was initiated, discharged after 3 weeks
8 Maki et al. [15] 2020 Japan Intraperitoneal transfusion due to unsuitable position of umbilical cord for intrauterine transfusion 19 weeks 24 weeks Fetal death
9 Maki et al. [15] 2020 Japan Plasma Exchange, 25 times; intrauterine transfusion, 1 time 13 weeks 14 weeks Normal delivery, 31 weeks Alive, 11 days phototherapy and five transfusion for neonate, discharge at day 46 without abnormal neurological findings