Current Italian practices regarding the management of hyperbilirubinaemia in preterm infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 666-669

  Dani, Carlo ^a   Poggi, Chiara ^a   Barp, Jacopo ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^b   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exchange transfusion; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Jaundice; Phototherapy; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; ITALY; KERNICTERUS; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIRUBIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; ITALY; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79953768507     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02172.x     Document Type: Article

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