Diagnosis and anaesthesia management of haemophilia during the neonatal period

• Published in: Pediatric anesthesia Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 245 - 247
• Main Authors: BAUJARD, C, GOUYET, L, MURAT, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Blackwell 1998
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Anesthesia depending on patient's condition; Anesthesia, General; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Anesthetics, Inhalation - administration & dosage; Anesthetics, Intravenous - administration & dosage; Biological and medical sciences; Factor VIII - therapeutic use; Gastritis - diagnosis; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Hemophilia A - diagnosis; Hemophilia A - drug therapy; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Isoflurane - administration & dosage; Male; Medical sciences; Nitrous Oxide - administration & dosage; Oxygen - administration & dosage; Propofol - administration & dosage; Pyloric Stenosis - surgery; Human; Stenosis; Cardiovascular disease; General anesthesia; Hemopathy; Gastrointestinal; Hemorrhage; Pyloromyotomy; Genetic disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Newborn; Surgery; Hemophilia; Pylorus; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Diagnosis; Coagulopathy; Gastric disease
• ISSN: 1155-5645; 1460-9592

We report here the case of a newborn infant admitted to our hospital for moderate gastro-intestinal bleeding. Despite abnormal value for aPTT, diagnosis of moderate haemophilia A was only made preoperatively when surgery was deemed necessary to treat pyloric stenosis. Clinical circumstances of the diagnosis and anaesthesia management of haemophilia during the neonatal period are discussed.