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    occurring together especially increases the risk for kernicterus. In neonates with kernicterus, the Moro reflex may be absent or symmetrically reduced...
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    (kernicterus). Quick and accurate treatment of neonatal jaundice helps to reduce the risk of neonates developing kernicterus. Infants with kernicterus...
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  • will lead to other complications such as kernicterus. Chronic bilirubin encephalopathy, also known as kernicterus, is a brain-damaging complication associated...
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    treating toxoplasmosis) as they increase unconjugated bilirubin leading to kernicterus. Drugs such as protease inhibitors like Indinavir can also cause disorders...
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    possibility of the neonate developing acute or chronic kernicterus, however the risk of kernicterus in HDN is higher because of the rapid and massive destruction...
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  • nervous system to impart damage. This is termed kernicterus, or bilirubin encephalopathy. Kernicterus is rare in adults but is prevalent in newborns with...
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    bilirubin levels are very high, brain damage — kernicterus — may occur leading to significant disability. Kernicterus is associated with increased unconjugated...
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  • nerve disease. The Moro reflex is impaired or absent in infants with kernicterus. An exaggerated Moro reflex can be seen in infants with severe brain...
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  • levels of free bilirubin in the blood, resulting in brain damage or kernicterus. If left untreated, possible bleeding, renal (kidney) and/or hepatic...
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  • syndrome, phenylketonuria, and Huntington disease and can be a feature of kernicterus (rapidly increasing unconjugated bilirubin that cross the blood-brain-barrier...
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    itself. Before the availability of phototherapy, these children died of kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy) or survived until early adulthood with clear...
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    bilirubin can cause irreversible neurological disability in the form of kernicterus. The enzymes that are defective in GS – UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1...
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    or porphyria. If used during pregnancy, it may increase the risk of kernicterus in the baby. While the company that makes it does not recommend use during...
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    an Italian hepatologist best known for his studies on bilirubin and Kernicterus, a bilirubin-induced neurological condition. Born in Venice in 1946,...
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  • ventricle, cystic glioma of the third ventricle, herpes encephalitis, kernicterus and juvenile Parkinson's disease. Patients with procyclidine addiction...
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    Opisthotonus in the neonate may be a symptom of meningitis, tetanus, severe kernicterus, or the rare maple syrup urine disease. This marked extensor tone can...
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    (hyperbilirubinemia). High levels of bilirubin can cause brain damage (kernicterus), leading to cerebral palsy, auditory neuropathy, gaze abnormalities...
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  • hyperbilirubinemia Bilirubin Induced Neurological Dysfunction Cerebral Palsy Kernicterus Neutropenia Thrombocytopenia Hemolytic Anemia - MUST NOT be treated with...
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    metabolic disorders, such as Niemann-Pick disease, Wilson's disease, kernicterus, and barbiturate overdose. Diagnosis can be made via combination of physical...
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  • is not able to handle this amount of bilirubin alone and jaundice or kernicterus (bilirubin deposition in the brain) can develop which may lead to brain...
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    Epilepsy Fahr's disease Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) Huntington's disease Kernicterus Lesch–Nyhan syndrome Major depressive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder...
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    in the range of 51-86 µmol/L (3-5 mg/dL). Although the incidence of kernicterus in CN-II is low, instances have occurred, not only in infants but also...
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  • possibility that she was mentally retarded and that the brain dysfunction kernicterus might be present, further amplifying her father's conclusion that she...
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    babies are very high for too long, a type of brain damage, known as kernicterus, may occur. Jaw – The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the...
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    which causes digestive problems. It can also cause some kernicterus and petechiae. Kernicterus causes yellow pigmentation of the skin, brain damage, and...
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    following:[citation needed] Prolonged neonatal jaundice, possibly leading to kernicterus (arguably the most serious complication of G6PD deficiency) Hemolytic...
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    diseases Drug induced Infectious or post infectious encephalopathies Kernicterus Metabolic Paraneoplastic syndromes Perinatal (during birth) cerebral...
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    this combination drug during breastfeeding presents no risk of neonatal kernicterus... LactMed: Use is considered acceptable when breastfeeding healthy,...
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    transfusions. If left untreated, Lucey-Driscoll syndrome may lead to seizures, kernicterus, and even death. Once treated, most patients will have no additional...
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    Acute cases can threaten to cause hypoxia secondary to anemia and acute kernicterus through high blood levels of bilirubin, particularly in newborns. Most...
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