PEDIATRICS Vol. 6 No. 5 November 1950, pp. 772-777
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STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF SEX OF DONOR ON THE SURVIVAL OF ERYTHROBLASTOTIC INFANTS TREATED BY EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION

MILTON S. SACKS M.D.1, C. L. SPURLING M.D.2, IRWIN D. J. BROSS PH.D.1, and ELSA F. JAHN B.S.1

1 The Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, The Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory, and the Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (258).
2 The Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, The Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory, and the Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (258)., Baltimore Rh Laboratory Fellow in Medicine.

An analysis of 74 cases of erythroblastosis fetalis treated by exchange transfusion has been presented. The over-all mortality was 17.6%, a figure comparable to the 15% rate of the Boston group. No advantage for the use of female blood in exchange transfusion was found. It is suggested that the disparity between these data and those of Allen et al. may well be due to the preponderant use in the latter series of male blood for infants severely affected by erythroblastosis fetalis. [SEE TABLE 4 IN SOURCE PDF.]

Submitted on April 28, 1950