Talk:Hemolytic disease of the newborn (ABO)

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I feel that ABO HDN is sufficintly different to other sorts of NHD that this page should become more detailed. ABO HDN is also very common in is milder forms. I feel this article should contain more detail. Snowman 13:03, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

OK. I'd tend not to regard it as a disease, so much as a phenomenom in its milder forms, and one might consider whether it is as well dealt with in an article on neonatal jaundice as in a separate and specific article. THere is a general point regarding splittering and lumping - I'm by temperament a lumper, as I find maintaining a core model of bits of the world with adjustments for different causes is easier than maintaining a separate model for each cause - and corresponds better to science and the world - but a degree of particularism is entirely reasonable. B is (in most populations at least) an uncommon blood group compared to A - is that the reason that A is more commonly affected, or is there a greater probability weighted for the distribution of the baby's blood group, that A will suffer - IE a greater specific risk? The article would be improved by making that clear. Midgley 16:42, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

The article pages of the various forms of HDN are only one mouse click away from the general HDN page. Snowman 14:07, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Of course. I'd suggest the converse should also apply. There are several ways of arranging the information as a group of linked pages, including making a template for a box to hold the titles of relevant articles - all those in the group - and to go in the footer of each page. On another MediaWiki I'm involved in organising the structure of an account of all of medicine, and not surprisingly we are a lot more hierarchical in the layout. In WP it is desirable to consider the reader, and try and ensure what they want is easily avialable to them, as well as getting all the material in place. There is no single best arrangement though. Midgley 16:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

No Citation

"In contrast to Rh disease, about half of the cases of ABO HDN occur in a firstborn baby and ABO HDN does not become more severe after further pregnancies." -- This statement in the introduction has no citation Sushant (talk) 10:09, 27 February 2012 (UTC)Sushant

Jaundice

As well as looking for jaundice, Bilirubin is routinely measured in blood from a heel-prick. The risk of jaundice is kernicterus and the treatment for it is photolysis with white light. Midgley 21:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Recent reversion

I do not agree with the near-100% reversion of my copyedit without clear explanation. The original is less logical, does not flow very well, and looks ugly due to a large number of very short paragraphs in the lead. The only explanation given, that a sentence (which one?) came from another article, is not a justification for reversion. Could you please take another look and reconsider? AvB ÷ talk 12:06, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I think that you have done some rewording. It looks better now. Snowman 12:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

You're fast :-) Yep, I've once again made some similar changes to the most recent version and don't really mind about the rest. Just some minor cosmetic surgery. AvB ÷ talk 12:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Looking good...

That is looking like a good article now. Midgley 18:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Several editors have contributed, including yourself. Perhaps the article will evolve further. Snowman 21:50, 15 May 2006 (UTC)