2003
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.6.f459
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Treatment of jaundice in low birthweight infants

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“…It is generally believed that infants <35 weeks gestation are at greater risk for the development of bilirubin-associated brain damage than term infants, although a paucity of data has made quantification of the magnitude of this risk difficult, 8 and the reported range of bilirubin thresholds used to initiate treatment at different birth weights and gestations is remarkably wide. 5,9,10 The recent, consensus-based national guidelines published in the UK, South Africa and Norway, include recommendations for the management of preterm infants.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is generally believed that infants <35 weeks gestation are at greater risk for the development of bilirubin-associated brain damage than term infants, although a paucity of data has made quantification of the magnitude of this risk difficult, 8 and the reported range of bilirubin thresholds used to initiate treatment at different birth weights and gestations is remarkably wide. 5,9,10 The recent, consensus-based national guidelines published in the UK, South Africa and Norway, include recommendations for the management of preterm infants.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Literatürde hiperbilirubinemi sıklığının erkek bebeklerde daha fazla olduğu bildirilmiştir (11) . Çalışmamızda da, erkek bebek sıklığı daha fazla bulunmuştur.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Moreover, the registry demonstrates that late preterm neonates evidence signs of bilirubin neurotoxicity at an earlier postnatal age than term newborns, indirectly suggesting a greater vulnerability to bilirubin-induced brain injury [12]. Clinical hyperbilirubinemia management guidelines for preterm [20,21] and late preterm [22] infants therefore recommend treatment at lower total serum bilirubin thresholds than term newborns, a distinction that is an important component of the most current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) practice parameter on neonatal jaundice [22]. The mechanisms that potentially could account for an increased susceptibility to bilirubin-induced central nervous system (CNS) injury in late preterm newborns have not been defined.…”
Section: Kernicterusmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The latter underscores the importance of maturity in defining risk and reflects a consensus that even 37 0/7 to 37 6/7 weeks gestation newborns are predisposed to develop hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin-induced CNS injury. The management of late preterm neonates born between 34 0/7 and 34 6/7 weeks gestation is akin to guidelines for preterm neonates, the framing of which has proven to be a capricious exercise at best and one for which no claim of evidence base can be made [20]. Nevertheless, it seems prudent in the absence of additional data to apply treatment thresholds that approximate those of the AAP higher risk group to this cohort of late preterm neonates, even when they are clinically well, commensurate with several other published management guidelines for premature newborns [21].…”
Section: Treatment Guidelinesmentioning
confidence: 99%