Aim: Describe the relation between levels of total serum bilirubin (TsB)≥ 450 μmol/L and
acute intermediate, acute advanced and chronic bilirubin encephalopathy. Material and …

Changes in healthcare policy mandating early discharge of healthy, full-term infants and the
higher prevalence of breast-feeding of newborns have contributed to an increased number …

Hyperbilirubinemia is the most common condition requiring evaluation and treatment of
newborns, but for the vast majority of neonates, it is a benign, transitional phenomenon of no …

Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common problems encountered in term newborns.
Historically, management guidelines were derived from studies on bilirubin toxicity in infants …

Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia occurs in almost all premature infants and is potentially
neurotoxic. Treatment is based on total serum bilirubin (TSB), but treatment thresholds are …

Bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus are preventable conditions. Nevertheless cases
continue to occur. It is difficult to identify those infants who may develop severe …

When sedation, prematurity or other disease processes mask symptoms in the clinically ill
newborn, serum bilirubin concentration is monitored as the sole indicator of kernicterus risk …

Background While neonatal jaundice is generally a common benign condition; severe
hyperbilirubinemia has a devastating potential for brain injury. Aim To detect the impact of …

Aim To investigate whether infants with neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia but without
intermediate or advanced bilirubin encephalopathy develop long‐term sequelae, with …

BACKGROUND: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a common medical emergency in early
neonatal period. Unconjugated bilirubin is neurotoxic and can lead to lifelong neurological …