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Arterial Thrombus in a Neonate with Covid-19 Positive Mother


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1 Senior Consultant, Pediatrician and Neonatologist- NH SRCC Children’s Hospital, Mumbai and Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, India
2 Junior Consultant, Critical Care, NH SRCC Children’s Hospital, Mumbai, India
     

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Thrombotic disease in newborns is uncommon; its incidence is reported as 3-5 per 1, 00,000 live births. Most of them are venous thromboembolisms accounting for 2/3rd of reported cases and arterial thrombosis is 1/3rd of the lot. Newborns are at a higher risk for bleeding as well as thrombotic tendency due to immature and low levels of procoagulant and anticoagulant proteins in a predisposed setting. We present a case with vertical transmission of SARS-COV2 infection and the coagulopathy therewith presenting as arterial thrombus at birth which was, effectively treated with anticoagulation therapy.

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neonate, COVID-19, thrombus, Doppler, anticoagulation.
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  • Arterial Thrombus in a Neonate with Covid-19 Positive Mother

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Authors

Dr. Vinit Samdani
Senior Consultant, Pediatrician and Neonatologist- NH SRCC Children’s Hospital, Mumbai and Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, India
Dr. Abhilasha Punde Save
Junior Consultant, Critical Care, NH SRCC Children’s Hospital, Mumbai, India

Abstract


Thrombotic disease in newborns is uncommon; its incidence is reported as 3-5 per 1, 00,000 live births. Most of them are venous thromboembolisms accounting for 2/3rd of reported cases and arterial thrombosis is 1/3rd of the lot. Newborns are at a higher risk for bleeding as well as thrombotic tendency due to immature and low levels of procoagulant and anticoagulant proteins in a predisposed setting. We present a case with vertical transmission of SARS-COV2 infection and the coagulopathy therewith presenting as arterial thrombus at birth which was, effectively treated with anticoagulation therapy.

Keywords


neonate, COVID-19, thrombus, Doppler, anticoagulation.

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