Congenital anemia due to fetal blood loss (guideline)

Abstract

The article presents the guideline of management of the newborns with congenital anemia due the fetal blood loss: definition, etiology, diagnostics and treatment of this disease with evidence based practice, algorithm of management and health care quality criteria.

Keywords:anemia, newborn, blood loss, transfusion

Funding. No external funding.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Contribution. Work with literature sources, writing the text - Balashova E.N., Sharafutdinova D.R., Narogan M.V.; article editing - Sapun O.I., Karpova A.L., Senkevich O.A., Kirtbaya A.R., Ryndin A.Yu., Golubtsova Yu.M., Ionov O.V., Zubkov V.V., Degtyarev D.N.

For citation: Balashova E.N., Sharafutdinova D.R., Narogan M.V., Sapun O.I., Karpova A.L., Senkevich O.A., Kirtbaya A.R., Ryndin A.Yu., Golubtsova Yu.M., Ionov O.V., Zubkov V.V., Degtyarev D.N. Congenital anemia due to fetal blood loss (guideline). Neonatologiya: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Neonatology: News, Opinions, Training]. 2021; 9 (4): 58-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2308-2402-2021-9-4-58-68 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Degtyarev Dmitriy Nikolaevich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Research of the V.I. Kulakov Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology National Medical Research Center of Ministry of Healthсаre of the Russian Federation, Head of the Chair of Neonatology at the Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Russian Society of Neonatologists, Moscow, Russian Federation

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