Nationwide survey of late-onset hemolysis in very low birthweight infants.

Yayoi MiyazonoJunichi AraiYu Kanai Daisuke Hitaka Daigo Kajikawa Syusuke Takeuchi Motomichi NagafujiSatoshi FujiyamaMakoto Saito Hidetoshi Takada

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)

In this study, at least 1 out of 1,259 VLBW infants developed hemolysis at 9-33 days after birth in Japan. Owing to the risk of kernicterus, this disease should be recognized as among the important pathological conditions of VLBW infants, suggesting the need to manage jaundice and anemia until 5 weeks after birth.

Keyphrases

late onset
gestational age
early onset
preterm birth
chronic kidney disease
red blood cell
pregnant women