Background and Objective: Phototherapy is one of the therapy methods for jaundice caused by hyperbilirubinemia. Vitamin D and bilirubin have two distinct routes of metabolism yet part of their syntheses is common in the liver and thus they may influence each other’s synthesis. One of the consequences of phototherapy not previously studied in detail is hypocalcaemia and hypomagn...

Introduction: One of the common problems in neonatal period is jaundice that occurs in the first week of birth in 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates. In preterm newborn hyperbilirubinaemia is higher, persistent, longer, and more likely to be associated with neurological injury than term neonates. The purpose of this study was to determine Prophylactic effect of zinc sulphate on hyperbiliru...

OBJECTIVE To investigate biological and health services predictors of extreme neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in a health maintenance organization. DESIGN Nested case-control study. SETTING Eleven Northern California Kaiser Permanente hospitals. SUBJECTS The cohort consisted of 51,387 newborns born at 36 weeks or later weighing 2000 g or more. Cases were newborns with peak total serum bilirub...

BACKGROUND As hyperbilirubinemia is a significant cause of brain injury, it is important to predict the cases who are at risk. Data for preterm infants are scarce. The aim of this study is to predict significant hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants by measuring capillary bilirubin at 12th hour of life. METHODS One hundred and fifty neonates born ≤ 35 weeks were included in the study. They we...

Background: Low antioxidant system may contribute to the severity of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Aim work: This study was performed clarify relationship between serum   25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25[OH] D) and hyperbilirubinemia in full-term neonates. Methods: This is a cross sectional case control with aim determining whether there an association serum indirect bilirubin vitamin D levels newborns j...

introduction: one of the common problems in neonatal period is jaundice that occurs in the first week of birth in 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates. in preterm newborn hyperbilirubinaemia is higher, persistent, longer, and more likely to be associated with neurological injury than term neonates. the purpose of this study was to determine prophylactic effect of zinc sulphate on hyperbiliru...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in newborn infants with isoimmune hemolytic jaundice due to Rh and ABO incompatibility is an effective treatment in reducing the need for exchange transfusion. METHODS This study included all direct Coombs' test positive Rh and ABO isoimmunized babies, who admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Ghaem Hospital of Mash...

Objective: Neonatal  jaundice (NJ)  is  one of the  most  common  cause  of  neonatal  hospital  admission.  Phototherapy is the main therapy for hyperbilirubinemia of neonatal jaundice. The efficacy of phototherapy depends on the dose and wavelength of light used and the surface area exposed. We  increased  photons  in  mirror  covered  tunnel  phototherapy  (MCTP)  by  putting  mirrors behind...

Objective: Neonatal  jaundice (NJ)  is  one of the  most  common  cause  of  neonatal  hospital  admission.  Phototherapy is the main therapy for hyperbilirubinemia of neonatal jaundice. The efficacy of phototherapy depends on the dose and wavelength of light used and the surface area exposed. We  increased  photons  in  mirror  covered  tunnel  phototherapy  (MCTP)  by  putting  mirrors behind...