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Cord Blood Bilirubin and Prediction of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and Perinatal Infection in Newborns at Risk of Hemolysis^☆^ by Darjan Kardum; Ivana Serdarušić; Borna Biljan; Krešimir Šantić; Vinko Živković; Martina Kos is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Cord Blood Bilirubin and Prediction of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and Perinatal Infection in Newborns at Risk of Hemolysis^☆^ about?
## Objective To assess the accuracy of umbilical cord bilirubin values to predict jaundice in the first 48 h of life and neonatal infection. ## Method Newborn infants treated at a regional well-baby nursery born at ≥36 weeks of gestation were included in this retrospective cohort study. All infants born in a 3-year period from mothers with O blood type and/or Rh-negative were included and had the umbilical cord bilirubin levels measured. Hyperbilirubinemia in the first 48 h was defined as bilirubin levels above the phototherapy threshold. Neonatal infection was defined as any antibiotic treatment before discharge. ## Results A total of 1360 newborn infants were included. Two hundred and three (14.9%) newborn infants developed hyperbilirubinemia in the first 48 h of life. Hyperbilirubinemic infants had smaller birth weight, higher levels of umbilical cord bilirubin, a higher rate of infection and were more often direct antiglobulin test positive. Umbilical cord bilirubin had a sensitivity of 76.85% and a specificity of 69.58% in detecting hyperbilirubinemia in the first 48 h, with the cut-off value at 34 μmol/L. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.80 (95
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- Author
- Darjan Kardum; Ivana Serdarušić; Borna Biljan; Krešimir Šantić; Vinko Živković; Martina Kos
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)