Determination of Serum Unbound Bilirubin for Prediction of Kernicterus in Low Birthweight infants
Determination of Serum Unbound Bilirubin for Prediction of Kernicterus in Low Birthweight infants
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测定血清游离胆红素以预测低出生体重婴儿的核黄疸
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1992
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Yokei Lee
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Hajime Nakamura;M. Yonetani;Y. Uetani;Masafumi Funato;Yokei Lee
Serum unbound bilirubin concentrations (UBC) and serum total bilirubin concentrations (TBC) were measured serially in 138 low birthweight (LBW) infants treated with phototherapy for non‐hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia. We attempted to assign the suitable critical UBC levels for predicting bilirubin encephalopathy into two different birthweight groups: a very low birthweight (VLBW) group (birthweight < 1,500 g) and an LBW group (birthweight between 1,500 g and 2,499 g). Twelve infants were diagnosed as ‘at risk’ for kernicterus, of whom 11 had signs of acute bilirubin encephalopathy and exchange transfusion. One VLBW infant had neurological sequelae at a 3 year follow‐up, although exchange transfusion was not carried out because of low TBC.