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CASE REPORT
Low bilirubin kernicterus with sepsis and hypoalbuminaemia
  1. Yetunde Odutolu1,
  2. Anthony J Emmerson2
  1. 1Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
  2. 2Newborn Intensive Care, St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Anthony J Emmerson, Anthony.Emmerson{at}cmft.nhs.uk

Summary

A near-term female neonate with total serum bilirubin levels not exceeding the exchange transfusion level with hypoalbuminaemia developed abnormal movements while recovering from sepsis. Investigations showed an evidence of kernicterus on brain imaging and bilateral auditory neuropathic changes.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-008042

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