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Sangre del cordón umbilical - Riesgos

Cuáles son los riesgos:

No existen riesgos que vayan más allá de los experimentados normalmente por la madre y el niño en el momento del nacimiento.

Consideraciones especiales:

La mayoría de los hospitales recogen habitualmente una muestra de sangre del cordón umbilical al nacer, debido a que es relativamente conveniente y es el único momento en que es posible hacerlo. Algunos padres deciden hacer que se guarde una muestra de sangre del cordón umbilical en un banco, con la convicción de que podría ser útil posteriormente si el niño tiene una afección que requiriera un trasplante de médula ósea. El almacenamiento de sangre del cordón umbilical en bancos para el uso personal lo realizan compañías privadas que cobran por el servicio.

Sin embargo, los expertos dicen que la sangre del cordón umbilical rara vez se necesita y, a menudo, no se puede utilizar porque contiene las mismas células que causaron la enfermedad en el niño.

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/2/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Maternal & Child Health, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hematology/Oncology, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy/Immunology, Lubin BH, Shearer WT. Cord blood banking for potential future transplantation. Pediatrics 2007 Jan;119(1):165-70.

Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007.

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