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Nalinikant Panigrahy1, Poddutoor Preetham Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Chirla
1Department of Neonatology, Rainbow Childrens Hospital and Perinatal Centre, Hyderabad, India. drpreethamp@gmail.com.
Abstract:
11 Extremely low birth weight neonates who developed skin discoloration after peripheral arterial catheterization were given intra-arterial papaverine before the removal of arterial line. The skin color turned normal in all these neonates and none developed residual damage. In 3 neonates who could not receive papaverine, one developed gangrene of fingers.
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