PEDIATRICS, cilt.113, sa.4, ss.775-780, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective. In this study, we investigated prospectively the incidence of significant hyperbilirubinemia and demographic and laboratory characteristics and pattern of serum bilirubin levels of near-term newborns (35 - 37 weeks' [245 - 265 days'] gestation) by comparing them with those of term newborns ( 38 - 42 weeks' [ 266 - 294 days'] gestation) longitudinally in the first 7 days of life; we also aimed to determine the value of an early (6th-hour) serum bilirubin measurement in predicting the development of significant hyperbilirubinemia later during the first week of life in near-term newborns.