Light therapy, also called phototherapy, exposes infants with jaundice [5], a yellowing of the skin and eyes, to artificial or natural light to break down the buildup of bilirubin pigment in the blood. Bilirubin is an orange to red pigment produced when red blood cells break down, which causes infants to turn into a yellowish color. Small amounts of bilirubin in the blood are normal, but when t...

Transcutaneous measurement of bilirubin is being used for neonatal jaundice. Its utility during phototherapy in preterm babies not established. The objective our study was to assess the efficacy transcutaneous (TcB) comparison total serum newborns at admission and covered skin area (glabella). It a prospective observational conducted intensive care unit tertiary hospital from January 2017 2019....

The use of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) measurements would seem to represent an opportunity to decrease the use of laboratory total serum bilirubin (TSB) testing because the former would serve as a surrogate for the latter. Many authors of previous studies have concluded that TcB measurements are useful and can serve as a reliable index for estimating TSB concentrations (1–4), even in darkly ...

Position changes are believed to increase the efficacy of phototherapy and this practice is routinely used in all neonatal departments in our country. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of routine turning on the total serum bilirubin (TSB) concentration versus only supine position. In a randomized clinical trial fifty healthy term jaundiced neonates who were admitted to the ...

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...

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 Au...

Phototherapy is a safe, effective method for decreasing or preventing the rise of serum unconjugated bilirubin levels and reduces need exchange transfusion in neonates. The aim phototherapy to decrease level order prevent acute encephalopathy, hearing loss kernicterus. Mainly 5 types jaundice- pathological jaundice, physiological breast milk breastfeeding jaundice prematurity. works by 3 proces...

Light therapy, also called phototherapy, exposes infants with jaundice [5], a yellowing of the skin and eyes, to artificial or natural light to break down the buildup of bilirubin pigment in the blood. Bilirubin is an orange to red pigment produced when red blood cells break down, which causes infants to turn into a yellowish color. Small amounts of bilirubin in the blood are normal, but when t...

Aims: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common problems during first week life and cause readmission in early neonatal period. The present study aimed to predict development significant term neonates using cord blood hemoglobin.
 Study Design: Prospective study.
 Place Duration Study: Department Paediatrics, MMCH & RC, Kozhikode, Kerala from March 2021 July 2022.&#x0D...

Evidence shows that asthma originates in early life. Studies have found that phototherapy and/or neonatal jaundice may be associated with asthma. We investigated the association between neonatal bilirubin levels and childhood asthma without phototherapy intervention in the Collaborative Perinatal Project, a multicenter prospective cohort study conducted in the United States from 1959 to 1965. A...