Cephalhematoma Causing Severe Anemia in the Newborn: Report of 2 Cases

This report describes two newborns with massive Cephalhematoma leading to marked blood loss and severe anemia. The hematocrits were 19% and 13% respectively. The babies were managed with blood transfusion, phototherapy, antibiotics and dexamethasone.

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Autores principales: Osaghae, DO, Sule, G, Benka-Coker, J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209978
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spelling pubmed-35071102012-12-03 Cephalhematoma Causing Severe Anemia in the Newborn: Report of 2 Cases Osaghae, DO Sule, G Benka-Coker, J Ann Med Health Sci Res Case Report This report describes two newborns with massive Cephalhematoma leading to marked blood loss and severe anemia. The hematocrits were 19% and 13% respectively. The babies were managed with blood transfusion, phototherapy, antibiotics and dexamethasone. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3507110/ /pubmed/23209978 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cephalhematoma Causing Severe Anemia in the Newborn: Report of 2 Cases
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title_fullStr Cephalhematoma Causing Severe Anemia in the Newborn: Report of 2 Cases
title_full_unstemmed Cephalhematoma Causing Severe Anemia in the Newborn: Report of 2 Cases
title_short Cephalhematoma Causing Severe Anemia in the Newborn: Report of 2 Cases
title_sort cephalhematoma causing severe anemia in the newborn: report of 2 cases
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