Late preterm infants: Severe hyperbilirubinemia and postnatal glucose homeostasis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages S12-S17

  Adamkin, D H ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Early term; Hyperbilirubinemia; Hypoglycemia; Late term

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; KERNICTERUS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERINATAL CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65549121772     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.41     Document Type: Review

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