Hyperbilirubinemia
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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
Care of the high-risk neonate usually refers to the low-birth-weight infant or the sick term newborn. Whereas hyperbilirubinemia is certainly a matter of concern in these infants, the decisions that must be made regarding jaundice in the high-risk neonate are, in general, less complex than those that must be made for the healthy full-term infant. For the term and near-term infant, shorter hospi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nursing & Care Open Access Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2572-8474
DOI: 10.15406/ncoaj.2018.05.00144