Solve this exciting clinical case specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge. Case presentation A two-day-old female was referred to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to manage the bloody stools. The parents reported that the baby had approximately ten dark green to black, loose, foul-smelling bowel movements with blood mixed in the stool. Medical history · Uncomplicated, spontaneous vaginal, term delivery.
· The antenatal history was unremarkable. · Maternal serologies for rubella, herpes, HIV, and syphilis were protective and group B Streptococcus testing was negative. · The only maternal medications were prenatal vitamin supplements. · No family history of bleeding disorders or coagulopathies. Physical examination · The baby was less…
