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Concentration of Fibrinogen in the Plasma of Healthy and of Erythro‐hlastotic and Hyperbilirubinemic Newborn Infants
Author(s) -
ENGSTRÖM LARS,
KAGER LARS
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1961.tb08049.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrinogen , gastroenterology , pediatrics , endocrinology
Summary The concentration of fibrinogen in the plasma of 39 infants during the neonatal period was determined by Morrison's syneresis method as modified by Blom‐back. The samples were drawn from the umbilical vein by catheterization. The results, expressed in mean and standard error of the mean, were as follows: A. Healthy full‐term infants at birth: 225 ± 10.0 mg/100 ml. B. Healthy full‐term infants during third to sixth day of life: 322 ± 21.2 mg/100 ml. C. Erythroblastotic infants at birth: 271 ± 14.7 mg/100 ml. D. Hyperbilirubinemic infants without blood‐group incompatibility during third to sixth day of life: 297 ± 30.0 mg/100 ml. No statistically significant difference was found between healthy and erythroblastotic or hyperbilirubinemic infants as regards concentration of fibrinogen in the plasma.