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“My Two‐week‐old Daughter Is Throwing up Blood”
Author(s) -
Moustafa M.H.,
Taylor Myiesha,
Fletcher Laura
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/j.aem.2005.03.524
Subject(s) - medicine , daughter , breastfeeding , throwing , pediatrics , hemoglobin , obstetrics , mechanical engineering , evolutionary biology , engineering , biology
Swallowed maternal blood at the time of delivery or from cracked nipples during breastfeeding is the most common cause of suspected gastrointestinal bleeding in the neonate. In this case, the Apt–Downey test is a useful diagnostic tool. The Apt–Downey test can effectively differentiate neonatal from maternal hemoglobin based on the conversion of oxyhemoglobin to alkaline globin hematin when mixed with alkali.