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ABO Incompatibility

MedGen UID:
1802670
•Concept ID:
C0860218
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Pathologic Function
Synonyms: ABO Incompatibilities; Blood Group ABO Incompatibility; Incompatibility, ABO

Professional guidelines

PubMed

ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn: a need for clarity and consistency in diagnosis.
Watchko JF
J Perinatol 2023 Feb;43(2):242-247. Epub 2022 Nov 8 doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01556-6. PMID: 36344813
Updated management for antibody-mediated rejection: opportunity to prolong kidney allograft survival.
Townamchai N, Avihingsanon Y
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2023 Jan 1;32(1):13-19. Epub 2022 Oct 11 doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000843. PMID: 36250450
The burden and management of neonatal jaundice in Nigeria: A scoping review of the literature.
Olusanya BO, Osibanjo FB, Mabogunje CA, Slusher TM, Olowe SA
Niger J Clin Pract 2016 Jan-Feb;19(1):1-17. doi: 10.4103/1119-3077.173703. PMID: 26755212

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Neonatal Blood Banking Practices.
Crowe EP, Goel R, Al-Mozain N, Josephson CD
Clin Perinatol 2023 Dec;50(4):821-837. Epub 2023 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.07.008. PMID: 37866850
ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn: a need for clarity and consistency in diagnosis.
Watchko JF
J Perinatol 2023 Feb;43(2):242-247. Epub 2022 Nov 8 doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01556-6. PMID: 36344813
Does ABO and RhD matching matter for platelet transfusion?
Dunbar NM
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2020 Dec 4;2020(1):512-517. doi: 10.1182/hematology.2020000135. PMID: 33275681Free PMC Article
Transplanting the Untransplantable.
Holscher CM, Jackson KR, Segev DL
Am J Kidney Dis 2020 Jan;75(1):114-123. Epub 2019 Jun 27 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.04.025. PMID: 31255336
ABO-Incompatible kidney transplantation.
Yaich S
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2013 May;24(3):463-72. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.111009. PMID: 23640616

Diagnosis

Significance of immunohematologic testing in mother and newborn ABO incompatibility.
Novoselac J, Buzina Marić K, Rimac V, Selak I, Raos M, Golubić Ćepulić B
Immunohematology 2023 Jun 1;39(2):55-60. Epub 2023 Jul 5 doi: 10.21307/immunohematology-2023-009. PMID: 37405847
ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn: a need for clarity and consistency in diagnosis.
Watchko JF
J Perinatol 2023 Feb;43(2):242-247. Epub 2022 Nov 8 doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01556-6. PMID: 36344813
Hemolytic disease in fetuses and newborns due to antibodies against the M-antigen.
Páez M, Jiménez M, Corredor A
Biomedica 2021 Dec 15;41(4):643-650. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.5930. PMID: 34936250Free PMC Article
How to use: the direct antiglobulin test in newborns.
Keir A, Agpalo M, Lieberman L, Callum J
Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2015 Aug;100(4):198-203. Epub 2014 Nov 13 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305553. PMID: 25395493
Immunologic transfusion reactions.
Högman CF
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl 1988;89:4-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1988.tb02835.x. PMID: 3067489

Therapy

Immuno-Hematologic Complexity of ABO-Incompatible Allogeneic HSC Transplantation.
Matteocci A, Pierelli L
Cells 2024 May 10;13(10) doi: 10.3390/cells13100814. PMID: 38786038Free PMC Article
Graft failure after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Ozdemir ZN, Civriz Bozdağ S
Transfus Apher Sci 2018 Apr;57(2):163-167. Epub 2018 Apr 18 doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.04.014. PMID: 29724627
Anti-A and anti-B: what are they and where do they come from?
Branch DR
Transfusion 2015 Jul;55 Suppl 2:S74-9. doi: 10.1111/trf.13087. PMID: 26174901
Hemolysis from ABO Incompatibility.
Simmons DP, Savage WJ
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2015 Jun;29(3):429-43. Epub 2015 Mar 10 doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2015.01.003. PMID: 26043383
ABO-Incompatible kidney transplantation.
Yaich S
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2013 May;24(3):463-72. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.111009. PMID: 23640616

Prognosis

Biliary complications after adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: An international multicenter study of 3633 cases.
Li Z, Rammohan A, Gunasekaran V, Hong S, Chih-Yi Chen I, Kim J, Hervera Marquez KA, Hsu SC, Kirimker EO, Akamatsu N, Shaked O, Finotti M, Yeow M, Genedy L, Dutkowski P, Nadalin S, Boehnert MU, Polak WG, Bonney GK, Mathur A, Samstein B, Emond JC, Testa G, Olthoff KM, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Wong TC, Lo CM, Hasegawa K, Balci D, Cattral M, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Jeng LB, Broering D, Joh JW, Chen CL, Suh KS, Rela M, Clavien PA
Am J Transplant 2024 Jul;24(7):1233-1246. Epub 2024 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.02.023. PMID: 38428639
Impact of ABO-incompatibility on hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after living donor liver transplantation.
Kim SH, Lee EC, Na BG, Park SJ
Eur J Surg Oncol 2019 Feb;45(2):180-186. Epub 2018 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.07.066. PMID: 30243467
ABO incompatible platelets: risks versus benefit.
Dunbar NM, Ornstein DL, Dumont LJ
Curr Opin Hematol 2012 Nov;19(6):475-9. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e328358b135. PMID: 22914587
Neonatal jaundice in Asia.
Ho NK
Baillieres Clin Haematol 1992 Jan;5(1):131-42. doi: 10.1016/s0950-3536(11)80038-7. PMID: 1596589
Immunologic transfusion reactions.
Högman CF
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl 1988;89:4-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1988.tb02835.x. PMID: 3067489

Clinical prediction guides

Biliary complications after adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: An international multicenter study of 3633 cases.
Li Z, Rammohan A, Gunasekaran V, Hong S, Chih-Yi Chen I, Kim J, Hervera Marquez KA, Hsu SC, Kirimker EO, Akamatsu N, Shaked O, Finotti M, Yeow M, Genedy L, Dutkowski P, Nadalin S, Boehnert MU, Polak WG, Bonney GK, Mathur A, Samstein B, Emond JC, Testa G, Olthoff KM, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Wong TC, Lo CM, Hasegawa K, Balci D, Cattral M, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Jeng LB, Broering D, Joh JW, Chen CL, Suh KS, Rela M, Clavien PA
Am J Transplant 2024 Jul;24(7):1233-1246. Epub 2024 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.02.023. PMID: 38428639
Unusual grafts for living-donor liver transplantation.
Yim SH, Min EK, Choi MC, Kim DG, Han DH, Joo DJ, Choi JS, Kim MS, Choi GH, Lee JG
Eur J Med Res 2023 Oct 24;28(1):454. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01428-5. PMID: 37875961Free PMC Article
Hemolytic disease in fetuses and newborns due to antibodies against the M-antigen.
Páez M, Jiménez M, Corredor A
Biomedica 2021 Dec 15;41(4):643-650. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.5930. PMID: 34936250Free PMC Article
Selective ABO immunoadsorption in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with major ABO incompatibility.
Crysandt M, Soysal H, Jennes E, Holtick U, Mrotzek M, Rehnelt S, Holderried TAW, Wessiepe M, Kunter U, Wilop S, Silling G, Gecht J, Beier F, Brümmendorf TH, Jost E
Eur J Haematol 2021 Sep;107(3):324-332. Epub 2021 Jun 7 doi: 10.1111/ejh.13668. PMID: 34022082
Immune hemolytic anemia--selected topics.
Hoffman PC
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2009:80-6. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2009.1.80. PMID: 20008185

Recent systematic reviews

Determinants of neonatal jaundice in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Belay HG, Debebe GA, Ayele AD, Kassa BG, Mihretie GN, Worke MD
World J Pediatr 2022 Nov;18(11):725-733. Epub 2022 Sep 16 doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00597-3. PMID: 36114364
Outcomes after liver transplantation in accordance with ABO compatibility: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lee EC, Kim SH, Park SJ
World J Gastroenterol 2017 Sep 21;23(35):6516-6533. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i35.6516. PMID: 29085201Free PMC Article
Oral administration of Chinese herbal medicine during gestation period for preventing hemolytic disease of the newborn due to ABO incompatibility: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Cao H, Wu R, Han M, Caldwell PHY, Liu JP
PLoS One 2017;12(7):e0180746. Epub 2017 Jul 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180746. PMID: 28719639Free PMC Article
A systematic review of validated methods for identifying transfusion-related ABO incompatibility reactions using administrative and claims data.
Carnahan RM, Kee VR
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2012 Jan;21 Suppl 1:230-5. doi: 10.1002/pds.2325. PMID: 22262610
Single versus double volume exchange transfusion in jaundiced newborn infants.
Thayyil S, Milligan DW
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD004592. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004592.pub2. PMID: 17054210

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