Kernicterus in sick and preterm infants (1999-2002): A need for an effective preventive approach

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 319-325

  Bhutani, Vinod K ^a,b   Johnson, Lois H ^b   Shapiro, Steven M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Virginia Cmw Univ Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

APNEA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KERNICTERUS; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BILIRUBIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10344233697     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2004.09.006     Document Type: Review

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