Identifying Modifiable Socio-demographic Risk Factors for Severe Hyperbilirubinaemia in Late Preterm and Term Babies in Abuja, Nigeria
L. I. Audu, A. B. Mairami, A. T. Otuneye, R. Mohammed-Nafi’u, L. J. Mshelia, V. E. Nwatah & Y. Wey · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016
Background: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia remains an important cause of neonatal admissions in Nigeria, often giving rise to irreversible neurotoxicity. Access to effective phototherapy is restricted to a few centers while salvage therapy with exchange blood transfusion may...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26551