Background and Objectives: Jaundice is the most common condition requiring medical attention in newborn babies. The mother has a significant role reducing effects. Early discharge of mothers neonates from hospitals increased responsibility recognizing jaundice increased. This study aimed to assess level mothers’ knowledge regarding home care management neonatal jaundice. Methods: A quantitative...

During the past eighteen months my partner Dr. Molony and I have been much interested in an outbreak of acute catarrhal jaundice in Calcutta. The cases have not been sufficiently numerous to describe the disease as occurring in epidemic form, but as time went on it was obvious to us that persons were getting affected much more frequently than of yore. In the past, all of us have had cases from ...

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 w...

Alipuram Jail was opened in September 1921 with a population of 3,230 Moplahs, all concerned in the Moplah rebellion. The first cases of jaundice occurred in September 1922, but these were apparently ordinary cases of catarrhal jaundice and there were only 4 cases recorded for the whole year. I have shown in tabular form the number of cases that occurred during each year from the time the jail ...

Hyperbilirubinaemia is one of the most frequent causes of hospital readmission during the first week of life. Its detection is still a big challenge, mainly due to the early discharge from the hospital that can be associated with a delay of the diagnosis. The identification of those newborns at risk of developing significant hyperbilirubinaemia is one of the main priorities in the public health...

Objective: To investigate the major causes and current management of hyperbilirubinemia in full-term newborns in a general hospital. Methods: The clinical and laboratory data of 1,455 full-term newborns with hyperbilirubinemia in the department of neonatology were collected for retrospective and descriptive analysis. Univariate logistic analysis was used to compare the risk factors for hyperbil...

Jerold Lucey studied newborn infants in the United States in the twentieth century. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lucey studied phototherapy as a treatment for jaundice [2], a condition in infants whose livers cannot excrete broken down red blood cells, called bilirubin, into the bloodstream at a fast enough rate. In addition to his work in jaundice [2], Lucey was the editor in chief for the journal ...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a common neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown etiology. Studies suggest a link between autism and neonatal jaundice. A 1:3 matched case-control study was conducted with children enrolled in the Military Health System born between October 2002 and September 2009. Diagnostic and procedure codes were used for identifying ASD and hyperbilirubinemia. Two definit...

A retrospective study of 12 461 single births confirmed an association between maternal oxytocin infusion and neonatal jaundice. The effect of oxytocin on jaundice was independent of gestational age at birth, sex, race, epidural anaesthesia, method of delivery, and birth weight, each of which was significantly associated with neonatal jaundice. The effect of oxytocin was, however, small, produc...