Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coombs-positive newborns can experience jaundice and anemia. Learn more about Coombs, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment ...

(1) To determine whether infants born to O+ mothers who had selective cord-blood testing would have higher rates of clinically significant hyperbilirubinemia compared with those newborns who had ...

ACQUIRED hemolytic anemia is commonly associated with a positive Coombs test; when of the "gamma type," this test indicates the presence of an immunoglobulin attached to the affected red cells. The ...

I am a 37 years old female and was asked to undergo Direct Coombs' Test. The result has come out +1. Is it dangerous? To add, I had been treated of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in the past and ...

A TWENTY-SEVEN-year-old woman with rheumatic heart disease had open-heart surgery on April 5, 1966. The direct Coombs tests before operation were negative. She was studied nine days later because of ...

The article by J. Manuel Zarandona and Mark Yazer on the clinical utility of the Coombs test1 prompts consideration of the pitfalls of a negative test result. Specifically, further evaluation will be ...