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Improvement in auditory and visual evoked potentials in jaundiced preterm infants after exchange transfusion
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|August 1, 1985
Insights
Exchange transfusion improved brain function in preterm infants with high bilirubin levels. Evoked potential tests may help monitor neonatal jaundice and its neurological effects.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal Medicine
- Neurophysiology
- Pediatrics
Background:
- Neonatal jaundice is common in preterm infants.
- High bilirubin levels can potentially affect brain development.
- Evoked potentials measure neurological function.
Abstract:
Two preterm infants with peak serum bilirubin concentrations of 270 mumol/l and 200 mumol/l, respectively showed improvement in the wave peak latencies of the auditory and visual evoked potentials after exchange transfusion. The implications of this observation and the use of evoked potential recording in neonatal jaundice are discussed.