Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and the role of unbound bilirubin.

Thomas HegyiAlan Kleinfeld

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2021)

Total serum bilirubin is inadequate to optimize care of the term and preterm infant with hyperbilirubinemia. A rapid, accurate, and more effective indicator of bilirubin neurotoxicity is needed to manage jaundiced infants and for the universal screening of newborn infants. Future measurements of free bilirubin unattached to albumin will improve the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

Keyphrases

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