Unusual presentation of neonatal haemophilia A
- Neonatal Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospital Trust, Sheffield, UK
- Correspondence to:
Dr Anthony Hart
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Jessop Wing, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tree Root Walk, Sheffield S10 2SF, UK; t.hart{at}doctors.org.uk
A second male twin was born at 36 weeks’ gestation by emergency caesarian section owing to failure to progress following spontaneous onset of labour. He was difficult to deliver because of a transverse lie. He developed respiratory distress shortly after birth, requiring oxygen and antibiotics, and became lethargic, hypothermic (temperature 36.1°C) and tachycardic (174 …
