Lethal effect of a single dose of rasburicase in a preterm newborn infant

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zaramella, Patrizia ^a   De Salvia, Alessandra ^b   Zaninotto, Martina ^c   Baraldi, Maura ^a   Capovilla, Giovanni ^d   De Leo, Domenico ^e   Chiandetti, Lino ^a  

^a Women's and Children's Health Department   (Italy)

^b Forensic and Legal Medicine Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemolytic anemia; Preterm newborn; Rasburicase

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RASBURICASE; SURFACTANT; VECURONIUM;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; G6PD GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMIZYGOSITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERURICOSURIA; INFANT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LETHALITY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TACHYPNEA; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84872850254     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1580     Document Type: Article

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