J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1994 Jan;37(1):54-60.

A Clinical Observation of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Due to ABO incompatibility

• Lee KW
• Kim YG
• Park DG
• Yoo KH
• Lee KC
• Kim SK

Abstract

A clinical and statistical study was performed on 213 neonates of hyperbilirubinemia who were admitted to department of pediatrics of Korea University Hospital from Jan. 1989 to Jun. 1991. and we studied the difference between ABO compatible group and incompatible group, such as, day of apperance of hyperbilirubinemia, tendency of bilirubin concentration change, reticulocyte, hemoglobin and duration of hyperbilirubinemia. The following results were obtained. 1) There were no difference of initial body weight and gestational age between compatible (3.0 +/- 0.72kg, 38.2 +/- 3.2 weeks) and incompatible groups (3.2 +/- 0.54kg, 39.1 +/- 2.8 weeks). 2) Onset of hyperbilirubinemia within 2 days in the incompatible group (40.5%) was earlier than the compatible group (23.5%) significantly (p<0.05). 3) Mean bilirubin level in the incompatible group was higher than the compatible group significantly (p<0.05). 4) Peak bilirubin level in the incompatible group(18.7+/-4.1mg/dl) was higher than the compatible group (14.8+/-3.4mg/dl) significantly (p<0.05). 5) There were no difference of hemoglobin level, reticulocyte count, coombs positive finding and the ratio of exchange transfusion between two groups.

MeSH Terms

Bilirubin
Body Weight
Gestational Age
Humans
Hyperbilirubinemia
Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal*
Infant, Newborn
Korea
Pediatrics
Reticulocyte Count
Reticulocytes
Statistics as Topic
Bilirubin