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- Published on: 14 November 2005
- Published on: 2 November 2005
- Published on: 14 November 2005Author's reply to MaiselsShow More
Dear Editor
I thank Dr Maisels for his comments. I agree that pre-discharge serum bilirubin measurement in newborn infants can predict with reasonable sensitivity the risk of later significant hyperbilirubinaemia. Given the rarity of extreme hyperbilirubinaemia and associated encephalopathy, however, the numbers of infants studied in the papers cited by Dr Maisels are too small to determine whether universal pre-d...
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None declared. - Published on: 2 November 2005AAP Guidelines for detecting neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and preventing kernicterusShow More
Dear Editor
In his commentary on the recent American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia [1] Dr Manning notes that the "British system of midwifery based universal surveillance of recently discharged infants should not be abandoned" and I enthusiastically endorse this view. The AAP recommendations for follow-up are quite specific – any infant who is discharged before a...
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