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[Effects of lianhuang decoction in treating fetomaternal ABO blood group incompatibility]
Zhu-Hua Cai1, Ying-Yi Chen, Jue Zeng
1The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang. caizhuhua12@163.com
Objective:
To investigate the clinical curative effect of Lianhuang Decoction (LHD) in treating fetomaternal ABO blood group incompatibility (FM-ABOI).
Methods:
Sixty pregnancy women diagnosed as FM-ABOI were randomly assigned to two groups, Group A treated with LHD and Group B treated with Western medicine. The therapeutic efficacy in the two groups was observed.
Results:
The antibody titer decreased after treatment in both groups to different extent; the effective rate was 90.0% in Group A and 56.7% in Group B. The bilirubin level in cord blood of Group A was lower than that in Group B significantly (P<0.01). No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups new-bom in terms of 5-minute Apgar score, body weight and hemoglobin content in cord blood (P>0.05).
Conclusion:
LHD has good clinical curative effect in treating FM-ABOI, could decrease the serum antibody titer, and prevent the occurrence of postpartum hemolytic disease in newborns.
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