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Pediatrics / Transfusion medicine / Neonatal jaundice / Kernicterus / Jaundice / Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency / Bilirubin / Hemolytic disease of the newborn / Coombs test / Medicine / Health / Hepatology


CPSP HIGHLIGHTS Is the risk of kernicterus rising? At a local follow-up clinic, a four-day old infant boy of southeast-Asian origin presents with jaundice, lethargy and poor sucking when breast-fed. He is icteric without
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Document Date: 2012-10-22 14:27:39


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Africa / /

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Infectious Disease Prevention / /

MedicalCondition

lethargy / G6PD deficiency / athetoid encephalopathy / kernicterus / deficiency / hemolytic diseases / sensorineural hearing loss / significant neonatal jaundice / neonatal hyperbilirubinemia / rare diseases / X-linked disorder / dehydration / /

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phototherapy / /

Organization

Health Canada’s Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control / US Federal Reserve / Canadian Paediatric Society / /

Region

Mediterranean / Middle East / Southeast Asia / /

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