Abstract
Early discharge of healthy late preterm and full term newborn infants has become common practice because of the current social and economic necessities. Severe jaundice, and even kernicterus, has developed in some term infants discharged early. This study was designed to elaborate a percentile-based hour specific total serum bilirubin (TSB) nomogram and to assess its ability to predict the absence of risk for subsequent non physiologic severe hyperbilirubinaemia before discharge.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 6-6 |
Numero di pagine | 1 |
Rivista | THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS |
Volume | 38 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2012 |
Keywords
- Bilirubin
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Nomograms
- Patient Discharge
- Prospective Studies
- ROC Curve
- Risk Factors
- Sensitivity and Specificity