Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1971 · 10 citations · 13 references
MedicinePediatricsPharmacologyInfant HealthNeonatologyPediatric Clinical PharmacologyJaundice ManagementNeonatal Drug TherapyNeonatal JaundiceNeonatal PharmacotherapyNeonatal TransfusionPediatric PharmacologyCholestatic JaundiceJaundice In Low-birth-weight InfantsNeonatal Exchange TransfusionSerum Bilirubin TestingTotal Serum Bilirubin
Eighty-three jaundiced newborn infants were studied, 41 received phenobarbitone, and 42 served as controls. 48 hours after starting treatment the mean serum bilirubin level of the group of <i>normal</i> birthweight infants was significantly lower than that of controls. Exchange transfusions were required in 6 of the 32 control cases and in none of the 28 treated cases. There were no significant differences in the mean serum bilirubin levels or in the exchange transfusion rates between treated and control <i>low</i> birthweight infants.
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