Three Years Experience in Preventing Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in Newborn Infants with Erythrocyte G-6-PD Deficiency
Autor: | Stefano Cutillo, Sinfarosa Costa, Tullio Meloni |
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Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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Zdroj: | Neonatology. 28:370-374 |
ISSN: | 1661-7819 1661-7800 |
DOI: | 10.1159/000240839 |
Popis: | Prophylactic treatment with barbituric acid has been made for preventing severe hyperbilirubinemia in G-6-PD deficient newborn infants. In 17 out of 46 untreated and in 7 out of 171 treated cases exchange transfusions were needed since the biliriibin serum level exceeded 18 mg/100 ml. These data show that this prevention can be useful in areas, such as Sardinia, where the incidence of G-6-PD deficiency is very high. It has been further demonstrated that this particular form of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is not due to increased red cell destruction. |
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