Infant bronze syndrome

Bronze baby syndrome is a complication of light therapy. In 1972, Kopeman first reported a case of a premature infant (body weight 1474g) 4 days after birth, because the serum bilirubin reached 359.1 μmol / L (21mg%), and the direct bilirubin was 137 μmol / L (8.0mg%). In children with jaundice, 48 hours after phototherapy, the baby's skin was gray-brown, serum and urine were similar in color, and it was named "bronze" infant syndrome.

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