Jaundice in term and near-term (35 to 37 week) infants is generally benign, however, concern has surfaced in recent years regarding reemergence of kernicterus in this patient population. An increasing ...

After years of near eradication, kernicterus, a neurologically devastating condition caused by neurotoxic levels of bilirubin in the first week of life, has reemerged as a significant problem in ...

In July 2003, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) organized a consensus conference, where a group of experts were invited to review and discuss the current state of ...

Table 1 Clinical BIND score of onset, severity and progression of ABE in infants with hyperbilirubinemia (TSB >95th percentile for age in hours) as elicited by history and physical examination 176 ...

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 ...

Universal testing for bilirubin lowers jaundice -- but is it worth it? Oct. 3, 2009— -- A new study has shown that universal screening for bilirubin reduced the number of infants who developed ...

(HealthDay News) — Newborns with significant jaundice are not likely to develop kernicterus if American Academy of Pediatrics’ treatment guidelines are followed, according to a new study published ...

A study tracking more than 100,000 infants has shown that newborns with jaundice that are otherwise healthy are highly unlikely to develop a severe and potentially deadly form of cerebral palsy.

It is damage to the brain caused by the abnormal build up of one of the body's waste products, bilirubin. Bilirubin is produced by the breakdown of red blood cells, which occurs more rapidly in ...

Speaking to GQ India, Ibrahim detailed how neonatal jaundice had a far-reaching impact on his life. “Soon after I was born, I had very bad jaundice, and that went straight to my brainstem,” he ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) The Kernicterus market report provides current treatment practices, emerging drugs, Kernicterus market share of the individual therapies, current and forecasted Kernicterus market ...