Hyperbilirubinemia in otherwise healthy infants

• Published in: American family physician Vol. 38; no. 6; p. 151
• Main Author: Greenwald, J L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.1988
• Subjects: Adult; Breast Feeding; Female; Home Nursing; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Jaundice, Neonatal - etiology; Jaundice, Neonatal - therapy; Phototherapy - methods; Pregnancy

Treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in otherwise healthy infants is controversial, since hyperbilirubinemia in the absence of hemolytic disease, hepatobiliary disease or prematurity is not clearly associated with kernicterus or other long-term morbidity. Phototherapy, exchange transfusion and the withho...