Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn
There are only a few reports on side effects after heel prick in neonates although heel prick has been performed all over the world for many years. The medicine staff had obtained only a drop of blood by pricking the baby’s heel using a lancet without compressing the heel or foot to measure his bloo...
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| description | There are only a few reports on side effects after heel prick in neonates although heel prick has been performed all over the world for many years. The medicine staff had obtained only a drop of blood by pricking the baby’s heel using a lancet without compressing the heel or foot to measure his blood glucose level 3 hours after birth. However he developed a severe and hemorrhagic skin reaction on his entire left foot, beginning 30 minutes after obtaining the drop of blood by pricking the baby’s heel using a lancet. The lesion, which was treated with topical mupirocin and povidone-iodine solution daily, slowly decreased in size and had almost fully resolved within 3 weeks. He was healthy and 9 months old at the time of writing this paper. We herein report a case of foot skin ischemic necrosis following heel prick in a newborn. To our knowledge this patient is the first case of foot skin ischemic necrosis due to heel prick in newborns. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1649c80a7a394c16902e295a205c42942025-02-03T01:12:48ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112013-01-01201310.1155/2013/912876912876Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a NewbornEsad Koklu0Erdal Avni Ariguloglu1Selmin Koklu2Megapark Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Kahramanmaras, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Megapark Hospital, Kahramanmaras, TurkeyTurkey Ministry of Health, Necip Fazıl Hospital, TurkeyThere are only a few reports on side effects after heel prick in neonates although heel prick has been performed all over the world for many years. The medicine staff had obtained only a drop of blood by pricking the baby’s heel using a lancet without compressing the heel or foot to measure his blood glucose level 3 hours after birth. However he developed a severe and hemorrhagic skin reaction on his entire left foot, beginning 30 minutes after obtaining the drop of blood by pricking the baby’s heel using a lancet. The lesion, which was treated with topical mupirocin and povidone-iodine solution daily, slowly decreased in size and had almost fully resolved within 3 weeks. He was healthy and 9 months old at the time of writing this paper. We herein report a case of foot skin ischemic necrosis following heel prick in a newborn. To our knowledge this patient is the first case of foot skin ischemic necrosis due to heel prick in newborns.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/912876 |
| spellingShingle | Esad Koklu Erdal Avni Ariguloglu Selmin Koklu Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn |
| title_full | Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn |
| title_fullStr | Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn |
| title_short | Foot Skin Ischemic Necrosis following Heel Prick in a Newborn |
| title_sort | foot skin ischemic necrosis following heel prick in a newborn |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/912876 |
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