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Paradoxical Dat In A Term Newborn With Physiological Jaundice, Abiram Sivanandam, Tomas Rotschild
Paradoxical Dat In A Term Newborn With Physiological Jaundice, Abiram Sivanandam, Tomas Rotschild
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
The Direct Antigen Test (DAT) is used to find out if a newborn has maternally-produced antibodies against the newborn’s red blood cells. We discuss the case of a term newborn male with an O+ blood type born to a mother whose blood type is A+. As a part of routine screening, DAT of umbilical cord blood was obtained, which resulted positive. While the neonate had jaundice, the overall clinical picture pointed more toward neonatal physiological jaundice rather than a potential hemolytic anemia expected with a positive DAT. This discrepancy prompted us to review literature to explain our findings.