Hg. Krause et Jtw. Goh, POSITIVE KLEIHAUER RESULT FOLLOWING AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 36(3), 1996, pp. 324-325
The case presented highlights the risk of fetomaternal haemorrhage in
ectopic pregnancy. With the current shortages of anti-D, it may be nec
essary to reduce administration of anti-D, but this may result in an i
ncrease in rhesus isoimmunization. As Kleihauer testing may be of limi
ted value (1), recommendations by deCrespigny and Davison (2) for the
use of a reduced dose of 30 mcg anti-D in all rhesus negative women wi
th early pregnancy complications including ectopic pregnancy, would se
em appropriate.