Management of late-preterm and term infants with hyperbilirubinaemia in resource-constrained settings

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a   Ogunlesi, Tinuade A ^b   Kumar, Praveen ^c   Boo, Nem Yun ^d   Iskander, Iman F ^e   Almeida, Maria Fernanda ^f   Vaucher, Yvonne E ^g   Slusher, Tina M ^h,i  

^a Healthy Start Initiative   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Developing countries; Exchange transfusion; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Kernicterus; Neonatal jaundice; Newborn care; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MONITORING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERM BIRTH; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPLICATION; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; POVERTY;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PHOTOTHERAPY; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84928333570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0358-z     Document Type: Review

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