An early (sixth-hour) serum bilirubin measurement is useful in predicting the development of significant hyperbilirubinemia and severe ABO hemolytic disease in a selective high-risk population of newborns with ABO incompatibility

Sarici S., Yurdakok M., SERDAR M. A., Oran O., Erdem G., Tekinalp G., ...More

PEDIATRICS, vol.109, no.4, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 109 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1542/peds.109.4.e53
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: ABO incompatibility, early discharge, hyperbilirubinemia, newborn, prediction, EARLY DISCHARGE, TERM NEWBORNS, NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, HOSPITAL READMISSION, JAUNDICE, KERNICTERUS, HEALTHY, MOTHERS, SAFETY, STAY
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective. In the era of early discharge of newborns from the hospital, newborns with ABO incompatibility are at especially greater risk for developing a subsequent significant hyperbilirubinemia because some of these infants also may present with some degree of ABO isoimmune disease. In this study, we aimed to determine prospectively the critical serum total bilirubin level to predict significant hyperbilirubinemia and severe hemolytic disease in healthy term newborns with ABO incompatibility based on a serum bilirubin measurement made at a postnatal age at which all newborns are at the hospital before discharge and at which any therapeutic intervention, if necessary, could be started as early as possible.