The significance of measurement of serum unbound bilirubin concentrations in high-risk infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 795-799

  Lee, Yong Kye ^a   Daito, Yasuyo ^a   Katayama, Yoshinori ^a   Minami, Hirotaka ^a   Negishi, Hirokuni ^a  

^a Takatsuki   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response (ABR); Bilirubin encephalopathy; Kernicterus; Unbound bilirubin (UB); Very low birthweight (VLBW)

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BILIRUBIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73349140196     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02878.x     Document Type: Article

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