Serum bilirubin levels in 1-month-old, healthy, term infants from southern Turkey
| Autor: | Filiz Tiker, Aylin Tarcan, Berkan Gürakan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Turkish population Turkey Bilirubin Population Gastroenterology Serum bilirubin chemistry.chemical_compound Reference Values Internal medicine medicine Humans education education.field_of_study business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Jaundice Dehydrogenase deficiency Jaundice Neonatal chemistry Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Liver function medicine.symptom Thyroid function business Biomarkers Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 22:225-228 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3281 0272-4936 |
| DOI: | 10.1179/027249302125001606 |
| Popis: | This study investigated bilirubin levels in 282 1-month-old, healthy, term infants from the Adana region in southern Turkey. Total bilirubin was > 5 mg/dl in 20.2% of the infants and > 10 mg/dl in 6% of the group. Thyroid function and levels of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were determined in babies with bilirubin levels > 5 mg/dl. The results were normal in all but one case, an infant with a bilirubin level of > 10 mg/dl and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The results indicate that in this population a 5-mg/dl cut-off level for further investigation would mean that 20% of all infants would require further evaluation. This is not cost-effective. Based on our findings, we suggest that the cut-off level for investigating prolonged jaundice in term, 1-month-old, healthy infants in the Turkish population should be > 5 mg/dl. |
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