Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus: Are these still problems in the third millennium?

Neonatology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-362

  Kaplan, Michael ^a,b   Bromiker, Ruben ^a,b   Hammerman, Cathy ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

ABO blood group heterospecificity; Bilirubin; Bilirubin encephalopathy; Exchange transfusion; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Kernicterus; Late prematurity; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERNICTERUS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; KERNICTERUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81255134925     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330055     Document Type: Review

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