title: Care of the critically ill child: the bleeding neonate.
abstract: Serious bleeding episodes in newborn infants can usually be diagnosed following careful clinical assessment and a few simple laboratory tests. Certain conditions are found almost exclusively in "sick" infants, whereas other coagulation abnormalities occur in otherwise "healthy" neonates. Successful management of hemorrhage necessitates a correct diagnosis which thereby dictates appropirate therapy. In some cases, such as in DIC, successful outcome ultimately depends on correction of the underlying pathophysiology which triggered the coagulation disturbance.
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001792:Blood Platelets; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010808:Physical Examination; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications; D014813:Vitamin K Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D006475:Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*