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Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) is a disease in which there is hemolysis in a newborn or fetus caused by blood-group incompatibility between mother and child. There are a bunch of related terms: Immune hydrops (Hydrops means accumulation of edema fluid in the fetus during intrauterine growth.
Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) â also called erythroblastosis fetalis â is a blood disorder that occurs when the blood types of a mother and baby are incompatible. HDN is relatively uncommon in the United States due to advances in early detection and treatment, limiting it to approximately 4,000 cases a year.