Outcome of Newborns with ABO Incompatibility in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Among the pathological causes, HDN is one important condition, causing early neonatal jaundice.ABO incompatibility is the most common unavoidable cause of HDN.When a woman has blood group O & fetus has A or B, maternal-fetal ABO incompatibility occurs.This condition develops in 15-25% of pregnancies and 10% of such offspring develop hemolytic disease.This is because the majority of naturally occurring antibodies are IgG.Thus, ABO isoimmune hemolytic disease may occur even in first-born babies.During the first week of life, jaundice affects about 60% of term and 80% of preterm babies.Depending on the cause, it could