Sentences with phrase «hyperbilirubinemia since»

A bilirubin level of more than 425 μmol / L was chosen to define severe hyperbilirubinemia since an infant with this degree of jaundice is thought to be at high risk of kernicterus.6 Furthermore, the Canadian Paediatric Society recommends considering an exchange transfusion at this level in healthy term infants without risk factors.20

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Since the beginning of our campaign almost two years ago, we have received tens of thousands of newborn and infant starvation stories leading to the complications of hyperbilirubinemia, dehydration, hypernatremia, hypoglycemia and failure to thrive.