Symptoms In adults Causes Risk factors Diagnosis Treatment Complications Outlook Overview Kernicterus is a type of brain damage most often seen in babies. It’s caused by an extreme buildup of bilirubin in the brain. Bilirubin is a waste product that’s produced when your liver breaks down old...
complications, altered bilirubin-albumin binding, severity and duration of bilirubin exposure, and the individual vulnerability of the infant in terms of genetic, family, social, and educational predilections. However,cognitive deficitshave been observed regardless of the cause of neonatal jaundice[13]....
whereas it can be physiological after 24 hours of life.[13]The presence of neurologic symptoms like altered mental status, hypotonia, and decreased reflexes, especially in a preterm infant, should arouse the suspicion of kernicterus
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Using a mutant animal model, which develops symptoms and signs closely resembling the human kernicterus syndrome, neurons of hippocampus, cerebral cortex, ... JY Jew,D Sandquist - 《Jama Neurology》 被引量: 40发表: 1979年 Assessing the risk of kernicterus. The role of plasma bilirubin-albumin...
fluid is located. Often there is intenseheadacheandvomitingwith subarachnoid bleeding. Because this space connects with the spinal canal, pressure buildup tends not to occur. However, this injury often occurs in combination with other types of bleeding in the brain and the symptoms may be ...
Richard J.MartinMBBS, FRACP, inFanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2020 Transient Encephalopathy or Acute Bilirubin Encephalopathy (ABE) ABEis characterized by lethargy, poor feeding,hypotonia, and a high-pitched cry in a severely jaundiced infant.Hyperextensionof theextensor musclesand...