Bleeding After Circumcision in a Newborn Receiving Sildenafil
David Gamboa, MD1*,
Daniel Robbins, MD2,
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Ziad Saba, MD3
1 Children's Hospital & Research Center
2 Lamorinda Pediatrics
3 Children's Hospital & Research Center- Oakland
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dgamboa{at}mail.cho.org.
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Abstract |
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This report describes a case of bleeding as a complication of circumcision in a 2-week-old infant being treated with sildenafil for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The vasodilatory effects of sildenafil on the penile vasculature may have contributed to the postoperative bleeding in this patient.