Heterologous assisted reproduction and kernicterus: The unlucky coincidence reveals an ethical dilemma

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 219-222

  De Luca, Daniele ^a   Virdis, Andrea ^b   Pietro, Maria Luisa Di ^b   Costa, Simonetta ^a   De Carolis, Maria Pia ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a   Zecca, Enrico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterologous reproduction; Kernicterus; Neonate

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; PHENOBARBITAL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; KERNICTERUS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERNICTERUS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; TRIPLETS;

EID: 40549091967     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050801924811     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. Soderstrom-Anttila V. Pregnancy and child outcome after oocyte donation. Hum Reprod Update 2001;7:28-32.
2. Shenfield F, Steele SJ. What are the effects of anonymity and secrecy on the welfare of the child in gamete donation? Hum Reprod 1997;12:392-395.
3. The Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Practice Committee of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. 2006 Guidelines for gamete and embryo donation. Fertil Steril 2006;86(Suppl. 4):S38-50.
4. British Andrology Society. British Andrology Society Guidelines for the screening of semen donors for donor insemination. Hum Reprod 1999;14:1823-1826.
5. Liesnard C, Strebelle E, Englert Y. Screening standards in assisted reproductive technologies. Is the British Andrology Society recommendation to recruit cytomegalovirus negative semen donors only, a reasonable one? Hum Reprod 2001;16:1789-1791.
6. Frank JE. Diagnosis and management of G6PD deficiency. Am Fam Physician 2005;72:1277-1282.
7. Kaplan M. Understanding severe hyperbilirubinemia and preventing kernicterus: Adjuncts in the interpretation of neonatal serum bilirubin. Clin Chim Acta 2005;356:9-21.
8. Hansen TW. Kernicterus in term and near-term infants - the spectre walks again. Acta Paediatr 2000;89:1155-1157.
9. Romagnoli C, De Luca D, Zuppa AA, Parenti D, Latella C. Could early serum bilirubin measurement be useful in predicting non physiologic hyperbilirubinemia? Ital J Pediatr 2005;31:52-60. Available at: www.ijp.it/articoli/2005/vol-1-05/romagnoli.pdf
10. American Academy of Pediatrics. Sub-Committee on Hyperbilirubinemia. Management of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation. Pediatrics 2004;114:297-316. Available at: http://pediatrics. aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/1/297
11. Segni G. Su due casi di ittero nucleare in neonati con difetto della glucoso-6-fosfato deidrogenasi. Min Pediatr 1959;11:1420-1426. [Article in Italian]
12. Lycett E, Daniels K, Curson R, Golombok S. Offspring created as a result of donor insemination: A study of family relationships, child adjustment, and disclosure. Fertil Steril 2004;82:172-179.
13. Nachtigall RD, Becker G, Quiroga SS, Tschann JM. The disclosure decision: Concerns and issues of parents of children conceived through donor insemination. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;178:1165-1170.
14. Kelly J, Hughes CM, Harrison RF. The hidden costs of IVF. Ir Med J 2006;100:142-143.