Neonatal malaria and obstructive jaundice.

A Genetic Study of Neonatal Obstructive Jaundice.

Clarification of the problem of jaundice in the neonatal period began with the discovery of foetomaternal rhesus incompatibility as the usual cause of haemolytic disease of the newborn. After this, the group of infants in whom the jaundice is of obstructive type, with pale stools and bile in the urine, received more attention, and it was soon realized that not all such infants suffered from atr...

The Relationship between Neonatal Jaundice and Maternal and Neonatal Factors

Background: Maternal and neonatal factors could help determine the potential incidence of hyperbilirubinemia. In this study, we aimed to identify the relationship between the severity of jaundice in newborns and maternal and neonatal factors. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. Icteric newborns, admitted to Qods and Kowsar teaching hospitals in Qazvin, Iran ...

Obstructive Jaundice

Obstructive Jaundice

Introduction Neonatal cholestasis is defined as prolonged elevation of serum levels of conjugated bilirubin beyond the first 14 days of life. Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia is usually physiologic, unconjugated, and self-limited. Only 2–15% of neonates remain jaundiced past 2 weeks of life, and just 0.2–0.4% have cholestatic jaundice from either intrahepatic cholestasis or structural abnormalities...

Neonatal jaundice.

This article discusses the production, transport, and excretion of bilirubin in the newborn period. The causes, significance, and treatment of unconjugated and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia are different; and because this is so, it is important to review the main causes and management of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn period could be either due to ...