Rh Sensitization During Pregnancy
Medications
Use of Reference Rh immune globulin is 99.8% effective in preventing Rh sensitization.Reference 1 Rh immune globulin contains Rh Reference antibodies Opens New Window that have been purified from human donors. This treatment prevents an unsensitized Rh-negative mother from making antibodies against her fetus's Rh-positive blood.
If an affected fetus younger than 34 weeks needs to be delivered, corticosteroid medicine (Reference betamethasone or dexamethasone) may be given to the mother to speed fetal lung development before a premature birth.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference October 20, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Reference William Gilbert, MD - Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
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