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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
[Neurosensory defects secondary to neonatal hyperbilirubinemia]
H Armas Ramos1, R Hernández González, J R Monserrat Gili
1Areas de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Facultad de Medicina, La Laguna, Tenerife.
Abstract:
Effects to medium and long term of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (BI less than or equal to 16.8 mg%) on acoustic and visual sensorial systems have been studied on two groups: a) group I, 20 jaundiced term and 5 jaundiced preterm newborns, 21 of term treated with phototherapy, b) group II, 15 term and 10 preterm newborns. At the age of 9-10 years the following data were analyzed: Anthropometrics, psychometrics, audiologic and ophthalmologic. Statistic analysis of results obtained on the differences that have been studied do not show statistic differences between problem and control series (p greater than 0.05) except for audiological parameters. A higher incidence of hypoacusia was found in group I (p less than 0.05). It is concluded that neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (BI less than or equal to 16.8 mg%) has not any side-effects at medium and long term on the visual area, but it produces hypoacusia.
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