Improving the Timing of Bilirubin Screening in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Background Hyperbilirubinemia is a condition that affects most infants, but typically self-resolves and is not harmful. However, if bilirubin levels exceed neuroprotective defenses, the compound can cross the blood-brain barrier and have neurotoxic and potentially fatal effects. Treatment of neonata...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2018
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1976 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2910&context=cmc_theses |