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Predicting bilirubin neurotoxicity in jaundiced newborns
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 02/04/2010
Ahlfors CE – Overcoming these misconceptions and integrating unbound bilirubin concentration (Bf) and total bilirubin concentration (BT) into the management of neonatal jaundice may help move clinical practice from its tradition–based approach centered primarily on BT toward an evidence–based approach that will substantially improve our ability to predict bilirubin neurotoxicity and improve the clinical management of this generally benign, but potentially catastrophic, newborn condition.