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Volume 13, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 1573-3963
  • E-ISSN: 1875-6336

Abstract

Extreme hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus, though rare, continue to occur despite the adoption of universal screening. Unless they are known to have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, infants who currently develop kernicterus in high resource countries are often otherwise healthy newborns discharged from the well-baby nursery. In this review, we highlight risk factors that increase the risk of a newborn ≥35 weeks gestational age developing severe hyperbilirubinemia, as well as the risk factors that increase the hyperbilirubinemic infant’s risk of kernicterus.

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2017-08-01
2025-06-07
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  • Article Type:
    Review Article
Keyword(s): Hyperbilirubinemia; jaundice; kernicterus; neonates; neurotoxicity; phototherapy
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