Risk factors for acute bilirubin encephalopathy on admission to two Myanmar national paediatric hospitals.
Gaston ArnoldaH M NweD TrevisanutoA A ThinA A TheinT DefechereuxD KumaraL MocciaPublished in: Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology (2015)
The study identifies home birth, self-referral and G6PD screening status as important risk factors for presentation with ABE; prematurity was protective, but this is interpreted as an artefact of the study design. As operational research, there is likely to be substantial measurement error in the risk factor data, suggesting that the identified risk factor estimates are robust. Additional interventions are required to ensure prompt referral of jaundiced neonates to treatment facilities, with particular focus on home births and communities with high rates of G6PD deficiency.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- healthcare
- emergency department
- primary care
- low birth weight
- gestational age
- liver failure
- preterm infants
- intensive care unit
- physical activity
- genome wide
- electronic health record
- quality improvement
- early onset
- replacement therapy
- combination therapy
- pregnant women
- dna methylation
- preterm birth
- deep learning
- artificial intelligence
- smoking cessation