Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal
"Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Accumulation of BILIRUBIN, a breakdown product of HEME PROTEINS, in the BLOOD during the first weeks of life. This may lead to NEONATAL JAUNDICE. The excess bilirubin may exist in the unconjugated (indirect) or the conjugated (direct) form. The condition may be self-limiting (PHYSIOLOGICAL NEONATAL JAUNDICE) or pathological with toxic levels of bilirubin.
| Descriptor ID |
D051556
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.614.451 C23.550.429.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal- Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal
- Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
- Hyperbilirubinemia During Infancy
- During Infancies, Hyperbilirubinemia
- Infancy, Hyperbilirubinemia During
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal" by people in Profiles.
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Infantile Pyknocytosis Revisited: Possible Familial Trend in a Study of 9 Patients. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2025 07 08; 150(2):167-171.
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Phototherapy to Prevent Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation: Technical Report. Pediatrics. 2024 Sep 01; 154(3).
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Managing well-appearing neonates with hyperbilirubinemia in the emergency department observation unit. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 May; 26(5):343-8.
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Bilirubin screening for normal newborns: a critique of the hour-specific bilirubin nomogram. Pediatrics. 2009 Oct; 124(4):1203-5.
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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: an unexpected cause. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 May; 47(4):388-94.