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Cephalhaematoma
Author(s) -
Tan K. L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1970.tb00410.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , pediatrics , jaundice , complication , surgery , physics , optics
Summary A study of babies with cephalhaematoma of moderate or large size (more than 7 cm. in diameter) was conducted over a 12‐month period in the Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore. There were 74 infants with such a complication among the 36,427 who were born alive during this period, giving an incidence of 2.03 per thousand. Primiparity, assisted delivery and high birth weight were associated with a higher incidence of the condition. Significant degrees of anaemia and jaundice were only rarely present. Resolution was usually complete by the end of 4 weeks, beyond which if resolution was not complete, calcification usually occurred.