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Convective burn from use of hairdryer for heel warming prior to the heel prick test - a case report

BACKGROUND: Blood sampling through heel lancing is the most common invasive painful procedure performed on newborn infants. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a five day old infant who sustained burns to the left foot and leg after the mother's hairdryer was used by the midwife to warm th...

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Autores principales: Ray, Robbie, Godwin, Yvette, Shepherd, Ashley
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-11-30