Extreme neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia in refugee and migrant populations: retrospective cohort.

Eva Maria Nadine WoudaLaurence ThielemansMue Chae DarakamonAye Aye NgeWah SaySanda KhingBorimas HanboonkunupakarnThatsanun NgersengJordi LandierPatrick Ferry van RheenenClaudia TurnerFrancois NostenRose McGreadyVerena Ilona Carrara

Published in: BMJ paediatrics open (2020)

In this limited-resource setting, poor neonatal survival and neurodevelopmental outcomes, after extreme NH, were high. Early identification and adequate treatment of NH where ET is not readily available are key to minimising the risk of extreme SBR values or neurological symptoms.

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