[Rh-prophylaxis or not? Obstetric departments should make decisions if there are medical reasons which justify the treatment].

In order to find out whether or not the incidence rate of RhD-immunization has increased in pregnant women who were not given antenatal prophylaxis a survey was carried out comprising 620 women. It was evident that the number of new immunizations had decreased, both in absolute numbers and in relation to the number of births during the years 1991-1998. Hence prophylactic anti-D seems not to be indicated, neither for this group of women nor for women who have had a spontaneous abortion.