Cashore W J
Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, USA.
Clin Perinatol. 2000 Mar;27(1):171-9, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0095-5108(05)70012-9.
Although it has been customary to treat neonatal jaundice at lower serum bilirubin levels in low-birth weight infants than in term infants, the threshold bilirubin levels and long-term benefits for early treatment of preterm infants have not been validated. This article summarizes and evaluates existing evidence and strategies for early treatment of bilirubin in micropremies and recommends a conservative but flexible approach to early monitoring and phototherapy for jaundice in extremely low-birth weight infants.
