A Follow‐Up Study of Hyperbilirubinaemia in Full‐term Infants without Iso‐immunisation
1961; Wiley; Volume: 50; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1651-2227.1961.tb08198.x
ISSN1651-2227
AutoresJ. Bjure, Gunnar Lidén, T. REINAND, A. VESTBY,
Tópico(s)Blood groups and transfusion
ResumoSummary One hundred and thirteen full‐term infants with bilirubin values of 18 mg% or more during the neonatal period, have been followed‐up at the age of 2–3 years, and compared with 51 full‐term, non‐icteric infants, born during the same period. Exchange transfusion was carried out in 30 of the children with jaundice. No cases of kernicterus could be demonstrated. Play audiometry was carried out in 125 children (86 with jaundice, 39 controls). No deafness of central type was revealed. At the paediatric follow‐up examination no relevant abnormalities were found. Merrill‐Palmer testing produced evidence of a similar I.Q. distribution among the icteric as among the non‐icteric children. A cerebral lesion was diagnosed in 3 cases, but in all these another aetiology (disturbance at the time of birth) occurred in addition to hyper‐bilirubinaemia. Hyperbilirubinaemia alone did not give rise to any cerebral lesion.
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