Are recommended phototherapy thresholds safe enough for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants? A report on 2 ELBW infants with kernicterus despite only moderate hyperbilirubinemia

Neonatology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-94

  Moll, M ^a   Goelz, R ^a   Naegele, T ^b   Wilke, M ^a   Poets, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b University Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Kernicterus; Phototherapy thresholds

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ACARDIUS; ACIDOSIS; ANEMIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KERNICTERUS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERNICTERUS; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 77954552319     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000302719     Document Type: Article

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