Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and navigating the 2022 AAP guideline updates
Key Points: The 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines slightly raised phototherapy thresholds for most infants to balance preventing encephalopathy ...
Tag: hyperbilirubinemia
Ceftriaxone use is not associated with increased free bilirubin in term neonates with sepsis
1. In a prospective study of term neonates with sepsis and resolving unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, ceftriaxone administration did not result in increased ...
Randomized study of delayed cord clamping of 30 to 60 seconds in the larger infant born preterm
1. Among preterm infants, the delaying of cord clamping for 60 seconds was associated with an increased hematocrit when compared ...
Randomized study of delayed cord clamping of 30 to 60 seconds in the larger infant born preterm
Click to read the study in Journal of Pediatrics Image: PD ©2020 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. All rights reserved. No ...
AAP policy statement provides recommendations for newborn care during planned home births
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not recommend home birth, but recognizes that women may choose to plan ...
Quick Take: Rates of extreme neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus in children and adherence to national guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and treatment in Sweden
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, left untreated, may lead to lifelong neurodevelopmental impairment. Fortunately, effective tools in risk assessment, prevention, diagnosis and treatment ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 25, 2019
Epidemiology of brain death in pediatric intensive care units in the United States In the United States, brain death is ...
Clinical prediction score predicts risk of neonatal rebound hyperbilirubinemia
1. A clinical prediction rule was developed to estimate the probability of rebound hyperbilirubinemia in newborns undergoing first-time inpatient phototherapy. ...
Confounding influences phototherapy’s association with increased childhood cancer risk
1. Among the cancers considered, phototherapy was most strongly associated with nonlymphocytic leukemia; however, the association lost significance after adjusting ...
