[Prevention of immunization of women with Rh group antigens in the years 1970-1988 at the Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics Medical Academy in Poznan].
The number of serological incompatibility cases in relation to the number of labours was analysed for the years 1970-1988 in the Perinatology Department, Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical Academy in Poznań, that is in the period when prevention of serological Rh incompatibility conflicts had been introduced and applied. The prevention methods applied in pregnant women and in women in labour made possible a reduction of Rh immunization of pregnant women by about 70%. On the basis of the results and clinical analysis it was found that a further rise of the effectiveness of prophylactic measures could be achieved by a wider use of immunoprophylaxis after artificial abortions and spontaneous abortions, by the use of adequate doses of anti-Rh-D IgG after labour, and introduction of immunoprophylactis methods already in a proper period of pregnancy.