Abstract
In July 2003, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) organized a consensus conference, where a group of experts were invited to review and discuss the current state of knowledge regarding neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and identify areas in which where future research should be directed. This paper summarizes the presentations addressing the current methodologies for direct and noninvasive assessments of serum total bilirubin concentrations as well as prevention and treatment strategies for the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, grants HL68703 (D.K.S.), HL58013 (D.K.S.), DK26307 (A.F.M.), and HD17779 (D.A.L.), and unrestricted gifts from the Mary L. Johnson, H. M. Lui, and Hess Research Funds (DKS).
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Presented in part at the NICHD Conference, Research on Prevention of Bilirubin-Induced Brain Injury and Kernicterus-From Bench to Bedside at Bethesda, MD; USA; June 2003.
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Stevenson, D., Wong, R., Vreman, H. et al. NICHD Conference on Kernicterus: Research on Prevention of Bilirubin-Induced Brain Injury and Kernicterus: Bench-to-Bedside—Diagnostic Methods and Prevention and Treatment Strategies. J Perinatol 24, 521–525 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211124
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