Fetal Hemoglobin in the Diagnosis of Neonatal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
| Autor: | Edward R. Chaplin, Murren A. Schlueter, Roreric H. Phibbs, Joseph A. Kitterman, William H. Tooley |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 58:751-754 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.58.5.751 |
| Popis: | Intracranial hemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in newborn infants, particularly those born prematurely.1-8 Major intracranial hemorrhage in the preterm infant is usually intraventricular.3-6 Although intraventricular hemorrhage is a common autopsy finding, it may be difficult to diagnose before death because its early signs are also often associated with cardiopulmonary disease.3-7 Thus, particularly in prematurely born infants with severe hyaline membrane disease, there may be no pathognomonic sign of intracranial bleeding and often only a presumptive clinical diagnosis can be made. Laboratory diagnosis based on bloody spinal fluid may also be misleading, since the blood in the spinal fluid could be the result of either a traumatic lumbar puncture or preexisting subarachnoid blood. |
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