Follow-up data collection | |
All participating neonates | Hospital admission (yes/no) Reason for hospital admission Type of feeding of the neonate More than 10% loss of birth weight within the first week of life (yes/no) Number of (heel) pricks to determine bilirubin levels Coombs test (if known) |
Neonates admitted to the hospital | Duration of hospitalisation Indication for hospital admission Phototherapy treatment (yes/no) Characteristics of phototherapy (age of neonate at start of treatment, duration, number of lamps/blankets and intensity) Exchange transfusion (yes/no) Complications due to blood transfusion treatment (thrombocytopaenia, hypercalcaemia, other electrolyte imbalance and necrotising enterocolitis) Number of (heel) pricks to determine bilirubin levels Maximum level of bilirubin measured (if known) Result MRI cerebrum (if applicable) Result AABR (if performed) More than 10% loss of birth weight within the first week of life (yes/no) Proportion of neonates diagnosed with acute bilirubin encephalopathy Proportion of neonates diagnosed with kernicterus spectrum disorder |
AABR, automated auditory brainstem response.