Neonatal subgaleal hemorrhage: Clinical presentation, treatment, and predictors of poor prognosis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 903-907

  Chang, Hung Yang ^a   Peng, Chun Chih ^a   Kao, Hsin An ^a   Hsu, Chyong Hsin ^a   Hung, Han Yang ^a   Chang, Jui Hsing ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Newborn; Subaponeurotic hemorrhage; Subgaleal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBGALEAL HEMORRHAGE; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

BIRTH INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PERIOSTEUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 36649032914     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02482.x     Document Type: Article

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