Total and Free Plasma Bilirubin and Clinical Outcomes in Severe Hyperbilirubinemia

Authors

Sean M. Riordan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Jean-Baptiste LePichon, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Steven Shapiro, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Tina Slusher
Fatima Abdullahi
Hafsat M. Suleiman
Victor C. Pam
Mamu B. Samuel
Christopher S. Yilgwan
Christian Isichei
Idris Y. Mohammed

Publication Date

4-27-2019

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Abstract

Acute bilirubin encephalopathy (ABE) and kernicterus spectrum disorder (KSD) have become relatively uncommon in high income countries but remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. To better understand the relationship between free (Bf) and total (TB) bilirubin levels and the development of ABE and KSD we followed infants born in three large tertiary centers in northern and central Nigeria (Jos, Kano and Zaria).

MeSH Keywords

Bilirubin/blood; Kernicterus; Nigeria; Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal; Hemolysis

Keywords

bilirubin encephalopathy; kernicterus spectrum disorder

Disciplines

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities | International Public Health | Neurology | Pediatrics

Notes

Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on April 27, 2019.

Recommended Citation

Riordan, Sean M.; LePichon, Jean-Baptiste; Shapiro, Steven; Slusher, Tina; Abdullahi, Fatima; Suleiman, Hafsat M.; Pam, Victor C.; Samuel, Mamu B.; Yilgwan, Christopher S.; Isichei, Christian; and Mohammed, Idris Y., "Total and Free Plasma Bilirubin and Clinical Outcomes in Severe Hyperbilirubinemia" (2019). Posters. 83.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/83