Burn Hazard of Isopropyl Alcohol in the Neonate

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Isopropyl alcohol is a commonly used disinfectant. In the hospital setting, alcohol pledgets have occasionally been substituted for conducting electrode paste beneath limb electrodes. To our knowledge, there are no reports of complications of this or any other use of isopropyl alcohol in the nursery. We report two cases of second-and third-degree burns in premature infants. CASE REPORTS Case 1 A 756-gm female infant of 27 weeks' gestation was born vaginally to a 22-year-old primigravida following 36 hours of bleeding. Apgar scores were 2 and 6 at one and five minutes, respectively. Initially, the infant required vigorous resuscitation, followed by gradual clinical deterioration on day 1, including increasing hypotension, ventilator dependency, and intraventricular hemorrhage.

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