Medical Science · Neonatology
A newborn develops severe jaundice within the first day of life. Maternal history reveals that the mother is Rh-negative, and the baby is Rh-positive. The cord blood report shows hemoglobin 9 g/dL, serum bilirubin 6 mg/dL, and a positive indirect Coombs test. Which underlying condition best explains these findings?
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- 1Breast milk jaundice occurring after the first week
- 2Physiological jaundice due to immature liver enzymes
- 3Rh incompatibility leading to erythroblastosis fetalis✓
- 4ABO incompatibility causing mild hemolysis
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Rh incompatibility leading to erythroblastosis fetalis
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