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Ultrasound-guided aspiration of a neonatal brain abscess

✍ Scribed by William G. Obana; Philip H. Cogen; Peter W. Callen; Michael S. B. Edwards

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 506 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 0256-7040
DOI: 10.1007/bf00299010

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✦ Synopsis

The authors successfully treated a Serratia marcescens brain abscess in the right parieto-occipital region of a newborn infant born at 27 weeks' gestation and weighing 800 g. Bedside ultrasound-guided aspiration techniques and local anesthesia were used to treat the abscess.

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