The risk of bilirubin encephalopathy in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1996 Jaundice is the most common and one of the most annoying problems that can occur in the newborn. Although most jaundiced infants recover without any serious problem, there is always a risk of bilirubin encephalopathy during the period of ...
R Oktay, M Satar, A Atici
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Dental management of bilirubin encephalopathy patient: A case report and review
Journal of Oral Research and Review, 2017 Patients with special health care needs often present with compromised oral health for which they need dental treatment. Such patients and often their guardians find it difficult to maintain oral health due to various reasons such as decreased manual ...
Poornima Parameswarappa +3 more
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Prevalence of Bilirubin Encephalopathy in Calabar, South-South Nigeria: A Five-year Review Study [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2016 Background: Bilirubin encephalopathy is a clinical syndrome, associated with bilirubin toxicity in the central nervous system, resulting in chronic and permanent sequelae.
Sunny Oteikwu Ochigbo +2 more
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Carboxyhemoglobin combined with bilirubin in evaluating the severity of ABO hemolytic disease in newborns [PDF]
Zhongguo linchuang yanjiuObjective To explore the evaluation value of carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) combined with bilirubin levels in assessing the severity of bilirubin encephalopathy in newborns with ABO hemolytic disease.
LIANG Yanting, XU Guoming, CHEN Shouqin
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The Importance of Neuroimaging Follow-Up in Bilirubin-Induced Encephalopathy: A Clinical Case Review
Brain SciencesIntroduction: Hyperbilirubinemia in newborns can lead to kernicterus, a severe form of neonatal encephalopathy caused by bilirubin toxicity. Despite timely interventions such as exchange transfusion, kernicterus can still develop, especially in high-risk
Martina Resaz +5 more
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Bilirubin Metabolism and Bilirubin Encephalopathy [PDF]
Neonatal Medicine, 2013 During the last 30 years, there has been much advances in the understanding of pathogenisis of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, but the risk of bilirubin encephalopathy are still remained for the high risk neonates. The mechanisms of bilirubin encephalopathy
Chul Lee, Soon Min Lee, Ran Namgung
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Transport and metabolism at blood-brain interfaces and in neural cells: relevance to bilirubin-induced encephalopathy [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2012 Bilirubin, the end-product of heme catabolism, circulates in non pathological plasma mostly as a protein-bound species. When bilirubin concentration builds up, the free fraction of the molecule increases.
Silvia eGazzin +3 more
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Acute encephalopathy bilirubin in the first week of life: A case of G6PD-deficient neonate [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Background. Acute bilirubin encephalopathy is an acute neurological manifestation due to indirect bilirubin deposits in the basal ganglia and brainstem nuclei.
Debbie Rose Komala +3 more
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Egyptian Liver Journal, 2021 Background Hepatic encephalopathy exacerbates the morbidity, delays hospital discharge, and increases the rate of readmissions of cirrhotic patients, particularly those are admitted by acute variceal bleeding.
Rehab Elsayed Elsafty +3 more
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Serum Bilirubin and Bilirubin/Albumin Ratio as Predictors of Bilirubin Encephalopathy [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2014 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Bilirubin/albumin ratio (B/A) may provide a better estimate of free bilirubin than total serum bilirubin (TSB), thus improving identification of newborns at risk for bilirubin encephalopathy. The objective of the study was to identify thresholds and compare specificities of TSB and B/A in detecting patients with acute and ...
Iman, Iskander +8 more
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