Management of Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn: Adrenal Hematoma Revisited
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A rare cause of hyperbilirubinemia in a newborn: bilateral adrenal hematoma.
Hyperbilirubinemia is an important health problem in newborns. The most common causes are Rh and ABO incompatibility, hemolytic anemias, enzyme deficiencies, sepsis, hypothyroidism, pyloric stenosis and breast-milk jaundice. Adrenal hemorrhage is a rare cause of hyperbilirubinemia in the neonate. We present a six-day-old newborn with hyperbilirubinemia and suprarenal hematoma who was born at ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211394