TRANSFUSION SERVICES (BLOOD BANK)

Neonate with shock in first 2 weeks: usually due to lesions that depend on ductus arteriosis (coarctation, transpostion, truncus arteriosis, hypoplastic left heart) Rx: prostaglandin infusion Eisenmenger’s (R(L) pulm htn plus septal defect; infantile CHF signs: (RR, (HR, cool diaphoretic, pale, hepatomegaly, sweating with feeds ................
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