Umbilical cord bilirubin as a predictor of neonatal jaundice: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Kelsey D. J. Jones (Author), S E. Grossman (Author), Dharshini Kumaranayakam (Author), Arati Rao (Author), Greg Fegan (Author), Narendra Aladangady (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hyperbilirubinaemia is a major cause of neonatal morbidity. Early identification of those infants most at risk might allow the development of targeted primary preventative therapy and follow-up. The objective of this study was to assess whether arterial umbilical cord bilirubin (...