Advances in neonatal hematology.9781600218897 Advances in neonatal hematology. Wiwanitkit, Viroj. Nova Biomedical Books 2007 201 pages $129.00 Hardcover RJ269 Erythropoiesis starts in utero and neonates are born with a complete adult system, but the switch from alpha-globin to beta-globin is not complete until a year or so after birth. For this and many other reasons care of the hematological system of the neonate and infant requires specialized understanding of its physiology and chemistry. Wiwanitkit (no affiliation given) provides information on a number of conditions associated closely with neonates, including jaundice, hemato-oncological conditions, Vitamin K deficiency Vitamin K Deficiency Definition Vitamin K deficiency exists when chronic failure to eat sufficient amounts of vitamin K results in a tendency for spontaneous bleeding or in prolonged and excessive bleeding with trauma or injury. , hemolytic diseases, hydrops fetalis and thalassemia, hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin Hbα2γ2 An AD condition caused by a defect in the Hb 'switch' mechanism, where the usual transition from γ to β chain production does not occur; in HPFH, the number of cells with , blood cell enzymatic deficiency. Porphyria Porphyria comes in a winter storm to show her devotion, and her lover strangles her with her own tresses. [Br. Poetry: Browning Porphyria’s Lover in Magill IV, 247] See : Love, Unrequited , lupus syndrome, cellular immune deficiency, polycythemia polycythemia (pŏl'ēsīthē`mēə), condition characterized by an increase in the production of red blood cells, or erythrocytes, in the blood. , blood infection, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome Fetal transfusion syndrome, fetofetal transfusion syndrome, stuck twin syndrome Obstetrics Intrauterine growth retardation in 1 twin due to an artery-to-artery vascular shunting, which may occur in a diamnionic-dichorionic placenta , coagulation problems and hemochromatosis. Wiwanitkit also covers blood transfusion and exchange, cord blood banking and cell therapy. Readers should seek independent verification of data. Doubtless later editions will receive copy editing. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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