Risk of Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Bilirubin Exchange Transfusion Thresholds

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 136; no. 3; p. 505
• Main Authors: Wickremasinghe, Andrea C, Risley, Robert J, Kuzniewicz, Michael W, Wu, Yvonne W, Walsh, Eileen M, Wi, Soora, McCulloch, Charles E, Newman, Thomas B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Bilirubin - blood; Case-Control Studies; Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - etiology; Humans; Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal - blood; Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal - complications; Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal - therapy; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Risk Factors

High bilirubin levels are associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). However, few large studies of relative and excess risk exist. We sought to quantify the risk of SNHL in newborns who had bilirubin levels at or above American Academy of Pediatrics exchange transfusion thresholds (ETT). Inf...