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Medicine for kernicterus
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 47 years experience
Term definitions: Kernicterus is a term uses to describe the effect that occurs when bilirubin rises to toxic levels in a baby and injures brain cells.It goes through s... Read More
4.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Raja Nandyalanswered
Pediatrics 52 years experience
No: Once kernicterus develops, most of the damage is already done to the baby's brain. Mild improvement can happen later.
6.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Rashed Hasananswered
Pediatric Critical Care 32 years experience
Kernicterus: Once the neurological symptoms and signs of kernicterus are established, then it is not revrersible. The child will have permenant neurological disabi... Read More
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. William Singeranswered
Pediatric Neurology 52 years experience
No: kernicterus is a brain injury resulting from excessive bilirubin levels in neonates. It causes brain injury since bilirubin in such quantities is a p... Read More
2.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nela Corderoanswered
Pediatrics 55 years experience
KERNICTERUS: Once hyperbilirubin is detected, efforts should be done to lower it. There's no test to determine the risk of kernicterus and no treatment once it d... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Eugene Mahmoudanswered
42 years experience
Kernicterus tests: Kernicterus is a devastating chronic disabling condition characterized by the clinical tetrad of choreoathetoid cerebral palsy, central neural hearing... Read More
905 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nela Corderoanswered
Pediatrics 55 years experience
KERNIECTERUS: Hyperbilirubinemia in infants causes kernicterus. Sx are lethargy, poor feeding, vomiting, seizures. Itmay result in mental retardation, cerebral pals... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Cornelia Franzanswered
Specializes in Pediatrics
Prevention: Kernicterus occurs as a result of newborn jaundice of a severely high level that is untreated. I have not seen nor heard of a case in my entire career... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 47 years experience
Unlikely: This is a moderate level for the bili level. Numbers over 25 or 30 would be suggestive but a single level in this range is relatively common in infant... Read More
433 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Luis Villaplanaanswered
Internal Medicine 36 years experience
NOT ABSOLUTELY: Necessary , but to monitor severity and response to treatment it is.
5.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jay Parkanswered
Pediatrics 51 years experience
Mostly not: Most of chidren who survived kernicterus-severe bilirubin toxicity-develop sensorineural hearing loss and athetoid type cerebral palsy which adversely... Read More
6.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Not sure: but I bet analgesics are way up there.
2.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Bensingeranswered
Ophthalmology 53 years experience
Alcohol: Unfortunately the old stand-by, alcohol, is still #1 with veterans. Many have exposure to pain medications like ocycontin and some have a problem wit... Read More
5.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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