OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine the effect of clofibrate on neonatal uncomplicated jaundice treated with home phototherapy. METHODS This clinical trial study was performed on 60 newborns with jaundice that received home phototherapy. Inclusion criteria were body weight between 2500 to 4000 gr, breastfed, total serum bilirubin (TSB) between 14 to 20 mg/dl, aged over 72 hours. Th...

BACKGROUND Special blue tube lights of standard length are used in most neonatal units to deliver phototherapy. Of late, special blue compact fluorescent lamp phototherapy equipments have been introduced in India, which are claimed to be better than standard tube lights. AIM To compare special blue compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) phototherapy with special blue standard-length tube lights (STL)...

Introduction: One of the most common pathologies in neonates is hyperbilirubinemia, which is a good marker for damage to the central nervous system. The sensitivity of the auditory system to bilirubin has been previously documented, with much discrepancy in its effects on Auditory Brainstem Response results. Thus the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of hyperbilirubinemia on ...

OBJECTIVE In 1994, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a practice guideline with age-specific thresholds for phototherapy for healthy term newborns with hyperbilirubinemia. The purpose of this study was to examine adherence to the guideline in a large managed care organization. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of linked computerized databases from 1...

Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is a common and usually a benign problem of neonates that affect on 80% immature and 60% term of them. Oral administration of nonabsorbable substances that bind to bilirubin in the intestinal lumen and reduce enteric absorption of bilirubin may reduce peak serum bilirubin. Activated charcoal, agar and cholestramin have been used but further study of this type of t...

OBJECTIVE Preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants are at greater risk of developing bilirubin-associated brain damage compared with term infants. Certainly, phototherapy, if used appropriately, is capable of controlling the bilirubin levels in LBW infants; but there is not a unique phototherapy treatment strategy in LBW infants. This study was designed to compare the prophylactic phototherap...

Objective: To compare the mean post-treatment bilirubin level with light emitting diode (LED) phototherapy versus compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) in neonates presenting hyperbilirubinemia
 Study Design: Comparative prospective study
 Place and Duration of Study: Department Paediatrics, Pakistan Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jan to Dec 2019.
 Methodology: Hundred chil...

Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is a common problem in neonates that affects approximately 60% of term neonates and 80% of pre-term neonates in the first week of life. Newborns, due to prematurity of the liver and digestive tract, could not eliminate bilirubin quickly. This phenomenon leads to hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice during the first days of the birth. Because indirect bilirubin is toxi...