DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Increase in serum bilirubin levels in newborns to more than 15 mg%. S.a. Icterus neonatorum.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
- Severe immaturity of liver function (premature babies).
- Morbus haemolyticus neonatorum (Rh or ABO incompatibility).
- Newborn infections with infectious-toxic liver damage.
- Bile duct malformation.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
UV-irradiation, possibly blood exchange transfusion because of the danger of a nuclear icterus.
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