Open AccessApproach to the management of a bleeding neonate
Author(s) -
Mojisola M. Ogundeyi,
TA Ogunlesi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i3.51145
Subject(s) - medicine , medical diagnosis , intensive care medicine , partial thromboplastin time , bleed , pediatrics , medline , surgery , platelet , pathology , political science , law
Neonatal bleeding disorders are common in clinical practice but the laboratory tests required for making the diagnoses are often sophisticated, expensive and so, largely unavailable in the developing world. Thus, a simple clinical approach to the diagnoses and management of neonatal bleeding is desirable in the developing world.