2024/12/31 by Benrabah, O., Arrada Z, Maoudj A +1
#Acutebilirubin encephalopathy #Direct Coombs test #Encéphalopathiebilirubiniqueaigue #Hyperbilirubinémiesévère #Ictèrenucléaire #Severehyperbilirubinemia #TestdeCoombs direct #kernictus
paper · doi:10.71566/pist-rmp-194718
Jaundiceintheneonatalperiodisanextremelycommoncondition. Thisconditionisusuallybenignandresolved spontaneously. However,incaseofintensejaundice,thenewbornmaybeexposedtodangerousneurological complicationsresponsibleforpermanentdamage,duetotheneurotoxicityoffreebilirubine. Aims:Describetheclinicalcharacteristicsoffull-termandnear-termnewbornswithseverehyperbilirubinemia Materialsandmethods:Thisisacohort,analytic,andsingle-centerprospectivestudyconductedbetween January2014andDecember2016innewbornswithsevereneonataljaundicewithatotalbloodbilirubin(TSB)level>200mg/loraBSTlevelindicatingexsanguinotransfusionand/oradisturbedneurologicalexamination.