Neonatal jaundice must have been noticed by caregivers through the centuries, but the scientific description and study of this phenomenon seem to have started in the last half of the 18th century. In 1785 Jean Baptiste Thimotée Baumes was awarded a prize from the University of Paris for his work describing the clinical course in 10 jaundiced infants. The work by Jaques Hervieux, which he defend...

A jaundiced neonate in an emergency department can be a catastrophic emergency that necessitates expeditious care. Progressive and irreversible bilirubin neurotoxicity may be minimized by rapid reduction of serum bilirubin concentrations through a crash-cart approach: immediate administration of intensive phototherapy and preparation for a possible exchange transfusion. Onset of acute bilirubin...

The publication of guidelines calling for less aggressive treatment of jaundice in newborns has been followed by a reappearance of case reports of kernicterus. These case reports illustrate important issues for writers and consumers of practice guidelines. One issue is the particular salience of identified patients with bad outcomes, and their potentially disproportionate influence on decision-...

Neonatal jaundice can be best understood as a balance between the production and elimination of bilirubin, with a multitude of factors and conditions affecting each of these processes. When an imbalance results because of an increase in circulating bilirubin (or the bilirubin load) to significantly high levels (severe hyperbilirubinemia), it may cause permanent neurologic sequelae (kernicterus)...

BACKGROUND Delay in the presentation of infants with jaundice at the hospital is a reason for the persistence of the severe forms of jaundice. OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine the influence of maternal knowledge on newborn jaundice on their care-seeking practices. METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, mothers whose infants presented with significant hyperbilirubinemia were assessed for kno...

Newbornswith jaundice or unrecognized hyperbilirubinemia are a vulnerable population which is likely to be deprived from preventive and/or therapeutic healthcare services in their transition from birthing hospital to their homes. Of the 4million infants born each year in the United States, over 3.5 million are born at 35 or more weeks of gestation. Most have benign outcomes with little or no th...

OBJECTIVE We report serial magnetic resonance (MR) and sonographic behavior of globus pallidus in 5 preterm and 3 term infants with kernicterus and describe the clinical context in very low birth weight preterm infants. On the basis of this information, we suggest means of diagnosis and prevention. METHODS Charts and MR and ultrasound images of 5 preterm infants and 3 term infants with suspec...

tinea capities is the commonest dermatophytosis in children with diverse clinical presentations. the causative fungi of tinea capitis vary with geographic area and time.this study was aimed to identify the etiologic agents and determine the related factors of tinea capitis in tehran, iran. from clinically suspected cases of tinea capitis, microscopy and culture were performed. of 58patients 96%...

"Change-in-support" balance-recovery reactions that involve rapid stepping or reaching movements play a critical role in preventing falls. Recent geriatrics studies have led to new interventions to improve ability to execute these reactions effectively. Some of these interventions have the potential to reduce fall risk for younger persons working in industrial settings. In this paper, we review...