Neonatal Haematology: A Practical Guide

author: Irene Roberts, Barbara J. Bain
Professional education: Childhood diseases
General education: Medicine
Types: Types of online resources for the education system
The audience: The audience
The level of education: General
year of issue: 2022
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This neonatal haematology guide aims to fill a gap in an important, but often poorly under- stood, area of diagnostic haematology by focusing particularly on common blood problems in this unique group of patients, although not neglecting the rarities that can also be impor- tant. We specifically chose to use a text- atlas format because the starting point for so many haematological problems in neonates is the information to be found through careful evalu- ation of a blood film in conjunction with an automated blood count. Given that many neonates with haematological abnormalities weigh less than 1000 g at birth and have an estimated blood volume at birth of 40–80 ml with very precarious vascular access, there is huge practical value in being able to extract the maximum amount of diagnostic informa- tion from a single drop of blood.