title: The Italian Registry of kernicterus and hyperbilirubinaemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to monitor the incidence of cases of kernicterus and severe hyperbilirubinemia in Italy over time, and to describe each single registered event with sufficient information in order to identify one or more possible failures in the management of jaundice.
  
  
  METHODS
  the Task Force on hyperbilirubinemia of the Italian Society of Neonatology will draw up national guidelines for management of jaundice in the newborn and a national registry of kernicterus and hyperbilirubinemia for newborns with a gestational age greater than 34.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the choice of the inclusion criteria for the registry and the minimum information necessary to describe each single event registered are reported and will be discussed at the national congress of the Italian Society of Neonatology next October 2012.
authors.affiliation: Neonatology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. simone.pratesi@unifi.it
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pratesi
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dani
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raimondi
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000453:epidemiology; D007647:Kernicterus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data