Postpartum chills phenomenon: is it a feto-maternal transfusion reaction?
Post-partum chills are a common phenomenon. It may be the clinical presentation of feto-maternal transfusion reaction. The small number of positive Kleihauer-Betke tests may reflect its low sensitivity in the detection of small feto-maternal bleeds.
These data implicate altered expression of proapoptotic members of the bcl-2 gene family in acute ethanol-mediated cerebellar cell death during the first postnatal week. They also suggest that the differential survival of cerebellar neurons after ethanol exposure during more mature developmental stages may be related to more successful suppression of proapoptotic processes.