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Sequential direct bilirubin values in preterm infants
Abigail McCay1, Odinaka Onuigbo2, MaCee Boyle2
1University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA. amnzy@umsystem.edu.
Objective:
We aim to describe sequential direct bilirubin levels in preterm infants and examine the outcomes of subsequent evaluation of direct hyperbilirubinemia.
Study Design:
Retrospective electronic chart analysis of preterm infants admitted and surviving the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay was performed.
Result:
A total of 127 preterm infants had 665 bilirubin measurements (333 direct bilirubin; 332 total bilirubin) during their first NICU stay. Before five days of age, twenty-seven (27/127, 21%) infants had abnormal direct bilirubin estimations. At fourteen days, three of these infants (3/27, 11%) had abnormal values. All three infants had further testing and more direct bilirubin estimations than their cohort. All infants had normal levels by discharge. Age-appropriate direct bilirubin values were based on those described by Feldman et al. CONCLUSION: All preterm infants with elevated direct bilirubin had normal values by discharge.
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