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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2005;90:F533-F534; doi:10.1136/adc.2005.072678
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CASE REPORT

Scald injury from the Guthrie test: should the heel be warmed?

Z Hassan, M Shah

The Burns Unit, Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Central Manchester and Manchester, Children’s NHS Trust, Charlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 7AA, UK;

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MrHassan
Department of Plastic Surgery, Booth Hall Children’s Hospital, Charlestown Road, Blakeley, Manchester M9 7AA; zahid.hassan{at}man.ac.uk


ABSTRACT
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.



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Figure 1  Right foot and ankle showing dyspigmented, raised scar resulting from scald injury. Permission for publication of this figure has been obtained from the parents.

 

Keywords: Guthrie test; heel prick; scald




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National guidelines on blood sampling for newborn screening
Ruth J Stewart, et al.
Fetal Neonatal Ed. Online, 2 Nov 2005 [Full text]



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