Newborns warm inside the vertical fracture Nursing suspension traction.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Newborns warm inside the vertical fracture Nursing suspension traction [Keywords:] neonatal femoral fractures; Vertical suspension traction; Care Neonatal birth trauma fracture femur fractures are the most common fractures [1], the incidence rate is about 0.13 [2]. DOORS physical examination of newborn femur rarely found signs of injury, more occur within a week after birth Limbs leg swelling and non-activity, crying, etc. caused by passive injured limb, the X-ray diagnosis, the average 6.3 days after the diagnosis time for a living (1 ~ 21 days) [2]. infant skeleton has the particularity of its , shaping ability, healing, so do not force open reduction [3]. clinical treatment methods commonly used are: vertical hanging skin traction, jumpsuit harness treatment, splinting, abdominal fixation. our department with warm box Treatment of newborn skin traction suspension vertical fracture in 2 cases, with satisfactory results, now nursing experience reported as follows. 1 Clinical data 1.1 Introduction Case 1 Case for G2P2 33 weeks pregnant students breech baby was delivered smoothly, weight 2050g, was born outside the booth 3h find the right lower limb activity limitation, radiography showed right femur in the upper 1 / 3 of the fracture. Because of the premature baby, light weight , skin tender, after consultation to the right lower limb orthopedic splint fixation, while oxygen, nutritional support treatment to prevent infection, 4 days after ray showed “bad alignment”, both use the vertical suspension of both lower extremities warm box sponge attached accounting treatment of skin traction in hospital 39 days (June 1, 2004 -2004 on July 9) ray showed “primary right femur fracture callus formation, alignment ends well”, to go through the discharge. Example 2, as G3P3 36 weeks pregnant fetal breech cesarean deliveries more than three children of a small, female, weight 2300g, Apgar comments 7 points, the oxygen pressure after the