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STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ORALLY ADMINISTERED AGAR ON THE SERUM BILIRUBIN LEVEL OF PREMATURE INFANTS and MATURE NEWBORNS
Author(s) -
Jr A. WINDORFER,
KÜNZER W.,
BOLZE H.,
ASCHER K.,
WILCKEN F.,
HOEHNE K.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb03907.x
Subject(s) - medicine , serum bilirubin , bilirubin , pediatrics , physiology
Windorfer, A. Jr, Kunzer, W., Bolze, H., Ascher, K., Wilcken, F. and Hoehne, K. (University Children's Hospital, Freiburg i. Brg., West Germany). Studies on the effect of orally administered agar on the serum bilirubin level of premature infants and mature newborns. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:699, 1975.–The effect of orally administered agar on the serum concentration of bilirubin was tested in 366 premature and newborn infants. For this purpose two different concentrations of agar were added to the milk for 8–10 days. On none of the groups tested did the serum level of bilirubin show a significant decrease after administration of agar. Therefore the attempt to lower the level of serum bilirubin in premature and newborn infants by inhibiting enteric reabsorption by means of adsorbents must be considered a failure.