Increasingly we are seeing the following and we are wondering about the DAT IgG that we are using and the sensitivity.
Mom has antibody, baby cord blood has a negative DAT, we perform an antigen typing on baby (if positive) we perform elution on the cord sample. frequently we are finding that we are able to elute the antibody that mom is positive for from the baby cord cells.
Question is this. We are seeing slightly elevated bilirubin on initial and 9 hour posts, along with elevated transcutaneal bilirubin.
anyone else seeing this? or does anyone have suggestions?