Dear colleagues..

Best Wishes..

any one has an experience in using Metalloporphyrrins in neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia..

Thanks

Though I have never used these myself, I found these three aarticles which you might find infomative:

1) 1. Drummond GS, Kappas A. Chemoprevention of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Semin. Perinatol. 2004 Oct ;28(5):365-368.

2) 1. Reddy P, Najundaswamy S, Mehta R, Petrova A, Hegyi T. Tin-mesoporphyrin in the Treatment of Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in a Very-low-birth-weight Infant. J Perinatol. 0 ;23(6):507-508. LINK to Free Article

3) 1. Kappas A, Drummond GS, Munson DP, Marshall JR. Sn-Mesoporphyrin interdiction of severe hyperbilirubinemia in Jehovah's Witness newborns as an alternative to exchange transfusion. Pediatrics. 2001 Dec ;108(6):1374-1377.

LINK to Free Article