A new born baby have 8 gm billirubin on 2 day. Retic count is 14 n DCT is +ve. Please tell me Rx
if dct is positive then hemolysis is going on . plus retics is elevated . do mothers n baby blood group . r/o abo/rh incompatibility first . then there are others g6pd thalassemia hereditory spherocytosis elliptocytosis etc . check the hb level might need blood transfusion . start phototherapy n maintain hydration . keep an eye on neonatal sepsis
? Hemolytic Disease of Newborn ? AB RH incompatibility ? Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Suggest Phototherapy IVIG Exchange transfusions. Phenobarbitone
??Auto immune haemolytic anemia
DCT +ve Hemolytic disease of newborn Phototherapy
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