RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Scald injury from the Guthrie test: should the heel be warmed?
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F533
OP F534
DO 10.1136/adc.2005.072678
VO 90
IS 6
A1 Z Hassan
A1 M Shah
YR 2005
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/6/F533.abstract
AB 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.