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Dokter Laurence THIELEMANS

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Project

Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in a Marginalized Population on the Thai-Myanmar Border: A prospective birth cohort study. PhD Project.

Project supervisor

Supervisor:
Pr. G. Casimir, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels University

Co-supervisors:
Pr. B. Van Overmeire – Neonatology, Erasme University, Brussels, Belgium
Pr. R. McGready - Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Labo of hospitaal waar het project plaatsvindt

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Objectives of research

In order to known the true incidence of NH, have a better understanding of the main causes and the factors associated with NH timing in this population, a birth cohort study was set up. The information gathered by the study will help improve and adapt existing guidelines, help develop locally relevant protocols and make evidence-based recommendations on where and how available resources can be best directed to improve outcomes in NH. A secondary aim is the investigation of genetic factors in the development of severe NH. 3
A parallel study aims to assess the performances of the Bilistick System (a new, low cost, point of care device to measure serum bilirubin) .in a tropical limited-resource setting and to evaluate its usability when used by locally trained staff.