Open AccessRelationship between infectious screening and early unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in well-appearing neonates
Author(s) -
Yu-Cheng Lo,
WeiJern Tsai,
Pei-Chen Tsao,
Yu-Sheng Lee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000290
Subject(s) - medicine , pyuria , bacteremia , urinalysis , odds ratio , urine , unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia , blood culture , sepsis , gastroenterology , urinary system , neonatal sepsis , neonatology , retrospective cohort study , bilirubin , pediatrics , pregnancy , antibiotics , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) may be the initial and solitary sign of infectious condition in neonates. This retrospective cohort study aims to evaluate the risk of sepsis or urinary tract infection in well-appearing infants with NH below 7 days old.