Scald injury from the Guthrie test: should the heel be warmed?
A 6 day old boy sustained scalds to his right foot from application of a "warm nappy" to increase blood flow to facilitate heel pricking for a routine Guthrie test. It is proposed that active warming of the heel in isolation is not necessary in heel blood sampling.
Hassan
Z
Z
Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Charlestown Road, Blakeley, Manchester UK. zahid.hassan@man.ac.uk
Shah
M
M
D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006361:Heating / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male