OBJECTIVE. The goal was to study the incidence of kernicterus, developmental delay,
autism, cerebral palsy, and hearing loss in infants with peak total serum bilirubin levels of≥ …

Before the 1994 recommendations of the AAP for the US population (1), the pediatric
literature was replete with articles on a kinder, gentler demedicalized management of …

The author reflects on the prevalence of late preterm births associated with prematurity and
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. He cites that maturational factors influencing postnatal …

Background: Readmission of infants for treatment of excessive neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
is not uncommon now as a result of hospital discharge before the extent of serum bilirubin …

Background Acute bilirubin encephalopathy (ABE) still represents a significant cause of
morbidity and mortality throughout the world, especially in developing countries. We aimed …

Hyperbilirubinemia is a common cause for irreversible neuronal influence in the brain of
term newborns, while the feature of neurological symptoms associated with …

Background: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, when unmonitored or untreated, can
progress to acute bilirubin encephalopathy (ABE). Initiatives to prevent and eliminate post …

BACKGROUND. Bilirubin is toxic to the brain and enters the brain in unbound form. Serum
unconjugated, unbound bilirubin may be a good predictor of bilirubin encephalopathy …

Background Hyperbilirubinemia occurs in over 80% of newborns, and severe bilirubin
toxicity can lead to neurological dysfunction and death. Unbound bilirubin (Bf) levels predict …

New methods are being used currently to investigate the risk of low to moderate levels of
bilirubin in premature and full-term infants. Brainstem audiometric evoked response has …