Rhesus (Rh) disease and extreme hyperbilirubinemia (EHB) result in neonatal mortality and long-term neurodevelopmental impairment, yet there are no estimates of their burden. Twenty-four million ...

In 1994 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended more liberal rules for the treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term newborns. Yet, the safety of moderate degrees of ...

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia results from a predisposition to the production of bilirubin in newborn infants and their limited ability to excrete it. Infants, especially preterm infants ...

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs when bilirubin, a by-product of red blood cells, builds up in the blood. This can indicate several underlying causes, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, or biliary ...

The purpose of this article is to provide a review on hyperbilirubinemia in term and near-term infants. Historical perspective, brief review of bilirubin physiology, and etiologies of ...

Screening for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is integral to newborn care. Predischarge risk assessment relies on documentation of visual jaundice: age at onset and progression; identification ...

The course of the hyperbilirubinemia and the serial alkaline phosphatase determinations are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Serial Levels of Serum Bilirubin, Alkaline Phosphatase, and Blood Urea ...

Background: Severe hyperbilirubinemia is the most common cause of neonatal readmission to hospital in Canada even though, in the majority of cases, risk factors can be identified before discharge.

In this issue of the CMAJ, Sgro and colleagues1 report their identification, through the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP), of 258 infants who had severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia ...

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, commonly known as newborn jaundice, is a condition that affects up to 80 percent of newborns in the first week of life. Severe hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin levels ...