# Irene T.M. Lindenburg

> Dutch physician and researcher (dr. Irene T.M. Lindenburg), working as an insurance physician (verzekeringsarts). PhD, Leiden University, 10 September 2015, on intrauterine blood transfusion. First author of the LOTUS study (Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012) and of Arbeidsgerichte zorg (work-focused health care), Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 18 September 2025. Member of the Science Committee of the Netherlands Society of Insurance Medicine (NVVG).

Facts:
- Canonical name: Irene T.M. Lindenburg. Name forms in bibliographies: I.T.M. Lindenburg, ITM Lindenburg, Lindenburg ITM, Lindenburg IT, Lindenburg I.
- Doctoral thesis: Intrauterine blood transfusion: indications, risks, quality control and long-term outcome. Leiden University, Faculty of Medicine, 2015. Supervisor D. Oepkes; co-supervisors I.L. van Kamp and E. Lopriore. https://hdl.handle.net/1887/35176
- Professional society: member, Science Committee, NVVG. Source: https://www.nvvg.nl/vereniging/commissies/wetenschap/
- Research (papers 2008 to 2018): fetal therapy at the Dutch national centre in Leiden (intrauterine transfusion, haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, quality control with CUSUM, long-term neurodevelopmental outcome).
- Current field: insurance medicine; work-focused health care; quality of guidelines.
- Publications: 19 journal papers (6 as first author), the thesis, 7 conference abstracts.
- Not the same person as: Laurens H. Lindenburg, Peter W. Lindenburg, Iris Linden, Irene Ring.

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## Profile
- [Profiel (Nederlands)](https://irenelindenburg.nl/): Dutch profile
- [Profile (English)](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/): English profile
- [Research](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/research/): intrauterine transfusion and work-focused care, with sources
- [Publications](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/): full list
- [Thesis](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/thesis/): doctoral thesis, Leiden 2015
- [About](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/about/): details, name forms, subjects for editors and researchers
- [All references (RIS)](https://irenelindenburg.nl/lindenburg-publicaties.ris): thesis and journal papers for reference managers

## Publications, first author
- [Arbeidsgerichte zorg](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/ntvg-2025/): Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2025;169:D8629. https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/arbeidsgerichte-zorg. PMID 41255187.
- [Intrauterine blood transfusion: current indications and associated risks](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/fdt-2014/): Fetal Diagn Ther. 2014;36(4):263-271. DOI 10.1159/000362812. PMID 24903741.
- [Long-term neurodevelopmental and cardiovascular outcome after intrauterine transfusions for fetal anaemia: a review](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/pd-2013/): Prenat Diagn. 2013;33(9):815-822. DOI 10.1002/pd.4152. PMID 23658134.
- [Increased perinatal loss after intrauterine transfusion for alloimmune anaemia before 20 weeks of gestation](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/bjog-2013/): BJOG. 2013;120(7):847-852. DOI 10.1111/1471-0528.12063. PMID 23551577.
- [Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome after intrauterine transfusion for hemolytic disease of the fetus/newborn: the LOTUS study](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/lotus-2012/): Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;206(2):141.e1-141.e8. DOI 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.09.024. PMID 22030316.
- [Quality control for intravascular intrauterine transfusion using cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis for the monitoring of individual performance](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/cusum-2011/): Fetal Diagn Ther. 2011;29(4):307-314. DOI 10.1159/000322919. PMID 21304232.

## Publications, co-author
- [Predicting anti-Kell-mediated hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: diagnostic accuracy of laboratory management](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/ajog-2018-kell/): Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(4):393.e1-393.e8. DOI 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.07.020. PMID 30063902.
- [Complications of intrauterine intravascular blood transfusion: lessons learned after 1678 procedures](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/uog-2017/): Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2017;50(2):180-186. DOI 10.1002/uog.17319. PMID 27706858.
- [Immunoglobulins in neonates with rhesus hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: long-term outcome in a randomized trial](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/fdt-2016-ivig/): Fetal Diagn Ther. 2016;39(3):209-213. DOI 10.1159/000434718. PMID 26159803.
- [Health-related quality of life and behavioral functioning after intrauterine transfusion for alloimmune anemia](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/jpeds-2015/): J Pediatr. 2015;167(5):1130-1135.e2. DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.07.065. PMID 26342721.
- [Postnatal outcome in neonates with severe rhesus c compared to rhesus D hemolytic disease](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/transfusion-2013-c/): Transfusion. 2013;53(7):1580-1585. DOI 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03937.x. PMID 23113703.
- [High anti-HLA response in women exposed to intrauterine transfusions for severe alloimmune hemolytic disease is associated with mother-child HLA triplet mismatches, high anti-D titer, and new red blood cell antibody formation](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/transfusion-2013-hla/): Transfusion. 2013;53(5):939-947. DOI 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03862.x. PMID 22924899.
- [Intrauterine transfusion for parvovirus B19 infection: long-term neurodevelopmental outcome](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/ajog-2012-b19/): Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;206(3):204.e1-204.e5. DOI 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.12.035. PMID 22381602.
- [Cholestasis in neonates with red cell alloimmune hemolytic disease: incidence, risk factors and outcome](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/neonatology-2012/): Neonatology. 2012;101(4):306-310. DOI 10.1159/000335333. PMID 22354012.
- [Intravenous immunoglobulin in neonates with rhesus hemolytic disease: a randomized controlled trial](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/pediatrics-2011/): Pediatrics. 2011;127(4):680-686. DOI 10.1542/peds.2010-3242. PMID 21422084.
- [Exchange transfusions and top-up transfusions in neonates with Kell haemolytic disease compared to Rh D haemolytic disease](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/vox-2011/): Vox Sang. 2011;100(3):312-316. DOI 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01408.x. PMID 20849463.
- [Long-term follow up after intra-uterine transfusions; the LOTUS study](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/lotus-2010/): BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010;10:77. DOI 10.1186/1471-2393-10-77. PMID 21122095.
- [Top-up transfusions in neonates with Rh hemolytic disease in relation to exchange transfusions](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/vox-2010/): Vox Sang. 2010;99(1):65-70. DOI 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01307.x. PMID 20331535.
- [Implementation of routine screening for Kell antibodies: does it improve perinatal survival?](https://irenelindenburg.nl/en/publications/transfusion-2008/): Transfusion. 2008;48(5):953-957. DOI 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01626.x. PMID 18248569.

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