Phototherapy and the brain-stem auditory evoked response in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
The latencies of peak V and interpeaks I-V and III-V in the brain-stem auditory evoked response of infants with hyperbilirubinemia before phototherapy were significantly greater than those in a control group of infants. These values of the brain stem auditory-evoked response improved significantly during phototherapy and correlated significantly with the declining bilirubin levels. Improvement continued after phototherapy, despite a rebound of serum bilirubin concentrations.
Tan
K L
KL
Department of Neonatology, National University Hospital, Republic of Singapore.
Skurr
B A
BA
Yip
Y Y
YY
D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010789:Phototherapy; D011930:Reaction Time
D001663:Bilirubin