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Hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn
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Hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn

Bryon J Lauer and Nancy D Spector
Pediatrics in review, v 32(8), pp 341-349
Aug 2011
PMID: 21807875

Abstract

Bilirubin - metabolism Breast Feeding Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood Humans Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal - diagnosis Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal - metabolism Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal - therapy Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Infant, Premature, Diseases - diagnosis Jaundice, Neonatal Kernicterus - diagnosis Kernicterus - etiology Kernicterus - prevention & control Phototherapy Practice Guidelines as Topic Risk Factors
After completing this article, readers should be able to: 1. List the risk factors for severe hyperbilirubinemia. 2. Distinguish between physiologic jaundice and pathologic jaundice of the newborn. 3. Recognize the clinical manifestations of acute bilirubin encephalopathy and the permanent clinical sequelae of kernicterus.4. Describe the evaluation of hyperbilirubinemia from birth through 3 months of age. 5. Manage neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, including referral to the neonatal intensive care unit for exchange transfusion.

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