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Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation

Alex R. Kemper, T. B. Newman, Jonathan L. Slaughter, M. Maisels, Jon F. Watchko, Stephen M. Downs, Randall W. Grout, David G. Bundy et al.

Pediatrics, 2022

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Abstract

than 80% of newborn infants will have some degree of jaundice. 1,2 Careful monitoring of all newborn infants and the application of appropriate treatments are essential, because high bilirubin concentrations can cause acute bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus. 3 Kernicterus is a permanent disabling neurologic condition characterized by some or all of the following: choreoathetoid cerebral palsy, upward gaze paresis, enamel dysplasia of deciduous

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