Preventing the scars of neonatal intensive care.
Authors:
- D GaultDGD Gault
- R BuchdahlRBR Buchdahl
Open Access
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
- Vol. 70 (1) , F50-F51
Abstract
Two cases are reported of serious extravasation injuries due to parenteral nutrition in infants born at 24 and 28 weeks' gestation. Major scarring and the need for plastic surgery were prevented by using a technique of subcutaneous hyaluronidase and saline flushing.Keywords
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