Individualized Bleeding Risk Assessment through Thromboelastography: A Case Report of May–Hegglin Anomaly in Preterm Twin Neonates
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Laboratory Results | Twin 1 | Twin 2 | ||||
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Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | |
WBC (109/L) | 8.13 | 6.58 | 9 | 8.6 | 7.03 | 11.65 |
RBC (109/L) | 2.7 | 2.94 | 2.54 | 5.37 | 5.13 | 5.06 |
Hb (g/dl) | 10.6 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 21.4 | 20 | 19.4 |
Ht (%) | 32.4 | 33.7 | 27.4 | 69.9 | 57.7 | 55.5 |
Platelet (109/L) | 18 | 12 | 51 | 24 | 28 | 29 |
Fibrinogen (mg/dl) | 168 | - | 270 | - | - | 154 |
PT ratio (s) | 1.01 | - | 0.84 | - | - | 1.17 |
aPTT ratio (s) | 1.63 | - | 1.2 | - | - | 2.01 |
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Amodeo, I.; Raffaeli, G.; Vianello, F.; Cavallaro, G.; Cortesi, V.; Manzoni, F.; Amelio, G.S.; Gulden, S.; Mosca, F.; Ghirardello, S. Individualized Bleeding Risk Assessment through Thromboelastography: A Case Report of May–Hegglin Anomaly in Preterm Twin Neonates. Children 2021, 8, 878. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100878
Amodeo I, Raffaeli G, Vianello F, Cavallaro G, Cortesi V, Manzoni F, Amelio GS, Gulden S, Mosca F, Ghirardello S. Individualized Bleeding Risk Assessment through Thromboelastography: A Case Report of May–Hegglin Anomaly in Preterm Twin Neonates. Children. 2021; 8(10):878. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100878
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmodeo, Ilaria, Genny Raffaeli, Federica Vianello, Giacomo Cavallaro, Valeria Cortesi, Francesca Manzoni, Giacomo S. Amelio, Silvia Gulden, Fabio Mosca, and Stefano Ghirardello. 2021. "Individualized Bleeding Risk Assessment through Thromboelastography: A Case Report of May–Hegglin Anomaly in Preterm Twin Neonates" Children 8, no. 10: 878. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100878