Hemostatic profile in neonatal septicemia.
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1992-03-01
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Hemostatic profile was studied in 25 full term non-asphyxiated neonates with blood culture-proven septicemia. Observations were compared with that of 25 healthy, non-asphyxiated, full term, birth weight and age-matched controls. Detailed coagulation tests & platelet studies were done in each of the 50 neonates by standard techniques. Hemostatic defects occurred in 96% of the septicemic neonates and none in the control group irrespective of the occurrence of clinical bleeding. The coagulation tests were deranged in 805 and platelet function tests in 92% of patients. These tests were significantly deranged in septicemic neonates as compared to control group.
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Alamelu V, Dutta AK, Narayan S, Saili A. Hemostatic profile in neonatal septicemia. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 1992 Mar-Apr; 59(2): 249-53