The maternal fetal blood incompatibility is important in assessing the risk of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns. We analysed the relationship between latencies P I - V and bilirubin levels in 38 full term neonates without maternal fetal blood incompatibility and 42 full term neonates with maternal fetal blood incompatibility.
Latencies P I - V were measured by BERA using monoaural 120 dB click stimuli in Amplied MK 15. Abnormal BERA was defined as latencies P I - V > 5.5 ms. Statistical analysis was performed by Mann-Withney test.
The bilirubin levels of maternal fetal blood incompatibility were 19.77±4.65 mg/dl and without incompatibility were 17.37±4.09 mg/dl. The latencies P I - V in the maternal fetal blood incompatibility were 5.78±1.13 ms.(p=0.014), and without incompatibility 5.15±0.65 ms.(p=0.0030).
The maternal fetal incompatibility prooved to be a collaborating factor for hyperbilirubinemia and prolongation of P I - V.
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Gallacci, C., Vaz, F., Berezin, A. et al. Expression of Maternal Fetal Blood Incompatibility in the Brainstem Evoked Response in Jaundice Newborns 1009. Pediatr Res 43 (Suppl 4), 174 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199804001-01030
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