Background:Jaundice is an important problem in the 1 st week of life affecting approximately 60% of term and 80% of preterm infants. It is commonly managed by phototherapy. Phototherapy may result in the development of hypocalcemia & create serious complications including seizures & other condition. Objective:To study the effect of phototherapy on serum calcium is neonatal hyperbilirubiniea. De...

Objective: To study the frequency of hypocalcemia in neonates receiving phototherapy with indirect hyperbilirubinemia Materials and Methods: Descriptive case series was conducted from September 5, 2018, to March 2019, NICU Paediatric Department Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi.
 Approval sought hospital’s ethical committee. Neonates fulfilling inclusion criteria were enrolled after obta...

OBJECTIVE: To review the recent medical literature on the treatment of neonatal jaundice, focusing on practical aspects that are relevant to pediatricians and neonatologists. SOURCES: An extensive review of the related literature was performed, also including the authors clinical experience in this field of investigation. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: Jaundice is very common among infants during the...

We present an unusual case of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a 6 day old infant. The bilirubin peaked at 20.1/ 0.6 mg/dL. A work-up for a hemolytic process or metabolic disorder was negative. Crigler-Najjar was suspected. Phenobarbital was given for 3 days with no ������ change in bilirubin level. He was discharged home after 20 days of phototherapy with a bilirubin of 3.1/0.4 mg/dL. Five m...

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of intermittent versus continuous phototherapy among term infants presenting with non-hemolytic moderate hyperbilirubinemia at a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Single Center, Open Label, Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. Setting: Department Neonatology, Sir Sadiq Abbasi Hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Period: January 2022 to December 2022. M...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Using light-emitting diodes during conventional phototherapy, it is possible to reduce the distance from light source to infant, thus increasing light irradiance. The objective of this study was to search for a "saturation point" (ie, an irradiation level above which there is no further decrease in total serum bilirubin [TsB]). This was a prospective randomized study pe...

Objective: A reason for oxidative stress is photodynamic reactions with phototherapy. It thought that phototherapy changes cytokine production which leads to different effects on the immune system. The aim of this study investigate light-emitting diode (LED) and conventional inflammatory response in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. 
 Material Methods: Thirty-term newborns treated were enrolled...

Abstract Background Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) is among the common neonatal morbidities. Phototherapy its most used therapeutic intervention. Different delivering systems and types are currently available. This study aimed to detect compare effects of different phototherapy on serum electrolytes blood glucose effect duration them. Results Five hundred healthy newborns with indirect NH wer...