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Predict, Prevent and Manage Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in Term and Late Preterm Newborns

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- Acknowledgments

The authorship group would like to thank Professor Ashraf Abdel Baki, Head of the EPG, for initiating the idea of adapting the international guidelines to produce specific Egyptian clinical practice guidelines that will help standardize patient care.

The authorship group would also like to thank Professor Tarek Omar, Alexandria University, for his constant support and guidance through every step of formulating this work. We would not have completed it without his help. We would also like to thank Prof. Raghdaa Mahmoud Ali, Ahmed Maher Hospital, for her valuable effort in valuable contribution & support during this work.

A special thank you goes to Prof. Hoda Basheer Head of the Pediatrics Department of Al Galaa Teaching Hospital for her suggestion and implementation of the parent follow up card and to the 5th year medical students (2017/2018), Ain Shams University for their creativity and commitment in the parent information leaflet.

We are also deeply indebted to Professor Vinod Bhutani, Professor of paediatrics and neonatal medicine; Stanford University and Professor Jon F Watchco, Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Pittsburgh, both world-renowned experts in the topic, for their guidance and meticulous review of these guidelines. Their comments, critique and support have been invaluable.

We extend our deep gratitude to the external review group from different universities for their precious time and valuable revision and of this guideline.

Endless gratitude goes to the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) since they were the original sources from which this guideline was adapted.

Finally, we thank all our patients and their mothers who have taught us so much without noticing, it is for them that this work is being finalized.

The Authorship Group

Funding:

This work is not related to any pharmaceutical or industrial company. The members of the GDG/ GAG and their institutes and universities volunteered their participation and contributions.

Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (EPG)

(Subcommittee for revision and update of the guideline)

Name

Affiliation, Country / Primary location [work]

Contribution

Afaf Abd El-Wahab Korraa

MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Al-Azhar Girls University

Revision of previous guideline version.

Modification of the guideline according to the most updated evidence, revision of implementation tools for easy application

Ahmed Mahmoud Youssef

MD, Fellow of Pediatrics, General Organization For Teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI).

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Modern University for Technology and Information (MTI), Egypt

Final revision of the whole document including scientific parts & editing

Revision & update of the methodology part. Presentation of the updated guidelines in WHO template.

Iman Fathy Iskander

MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology,  Cairo University

Revision of previous guideline version.

Modification of the guideline according to the most updated evidence, revision of implementation tools for easy application

Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (EPG)

Guideline Development/ Adaptation Group (subgroup of original guideline)

Name

Affiliation, Country / Primary location [work]

Contribution

Afaf Abd El-Wahab Korraa

MD, Al-Azhar Girls University

All members contributed in:

Search for original guidelines, formulate health questions, write recommendation statements with level of evidence, (adapt previous clinical practice guidelines)

Ahmed Mahmoud Youssef

MD, Fellow of Pediatrics, GOTHI

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, MTI University, Egypt

Dina Essam Rabie

MD, Ain Shams University/AFCM

Effat Hussein Assar

MD, Benha University

Eman Almorsy Ahmed

MD, Al-Azhar girls University

Ghada Ibrahim Gad

MD, Ain Shams University

Hala Mohamed Fouad

MD Cairo University/MUST

Hisham Abdel Samie Awad

MD, Ain Shams University

Hossam Eldeen Abd Allah Mohamed

MRCPCH, Military Medical Academy

Iman Fathy Iskander

MD, Cairo University/AFCM

Mohammed Ezzat Abdelshafy

MSc, AFCM

Mohamed Salah Eldin Abdel Kader

MD MUST

Mosallam Mohamed Nasser

MD, Al-Azhar Boys University

Nafisa Hassan Refat AbdelAziz

MD, Assuit University

Nouran Bayoumi AbdAllah

MD, Suez Canal University

Osama Abouelfotoh Zaki Elfiky

MD, Benha University

Safaa Shafik Imam

MD, Ain Shams University

Sameh Tawfik Amer

MD, Military Medical Academy

Suzan Samir Ahmed

MD, Suez University

Walaa Alsharany Abuelhamd

MD, Cairo University/AFCM

Zahraa Mohamed Ezz-Eldin

MD, Cairo University

Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (EPG)

 (Guideline Methodologists subgroup)

Name

Affiliation, Country / Primary location [work]

Contribution

Prof. Ashraf Abdel Baky

Professor of Pediatrics

Ain Shams University, Egypt

Founder and Chair of EPG

Overseeing the development process of the guidelines, training and education of new members, revision of the final draft, and organizing online meetings of GDG

Dr. Yasser Sami Amer

1.     Pediatrics Department and Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality Research Unit, Quality Management Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

2.     Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

3.     Chair, Adaptation Working Group, Guidelines International Network (GIN), Perth, Scotland

4.     Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

Overseeing the development t process of the guidelines, training and education of new members, participating in writing up the methodology of adaptation process, guideline appraisal, and revision of the final draft

Dr. Tarek Omar

MD, Alexandria University

Overseeing the development process of the guidelines, and revision of the final draft.

Dr. Nesreen Kamal

MD, Cairo University

Overseeing the development process of the guidelines, and revision of the final draft.

Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Youssef

 

 

MD, Fellow of Pediatrics, GOTHI

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, MTI University, Egypt

Participated in multiple steps of the guideline adaptation process, Writing the methodology of adaptation process and revised the whole document.

Dr. Samar Fathy

 

 

 

 Lecturer of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Modern University for Technology and Information (MTI), Egypt

Participated in writing the methodology of adaptation process and revised the whole document.

External Reviewers Group (ERG)

Name

Affiliation, Country / Primary location [work]

External Reviewer (s) for Clinical Content (original guideline version)

Prof. Abdel Latef Abd Elmoaz

Professor of Pediatrics, Former Head of the Neonatal Unit-Assuit University

Prof. Ali Afia

Professor of Pediatrics, Former Head of the Neonatal Unit -Al Azhar University

Prof. Hesham Abdel-Hady

Professor of Pediatrics, Head of the Neonatal Unit-Mansoura University

Prof. Mohamed Fathallah

Professor of Pediatrics, Former Head of the Neonatal Unit -Ain Shams University

Prof. Nahed Fahmy

Professor of Pediatrics, Former Head of the Neonatal Unit- Cairo University

External Reviewer for Clinical Content (updated guideline version)

Prof. Iman Khaled Eyada

Professor of Pediatrics, Former Head of the Neonatal Department - Cairo University

International Peer Reviewers

Prof. Vinod Bhutani

MD, FAAP - Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Stanford University, USA

Prof. John Watchco

MD, FAAP – Professor of Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Pittsburgh, USA