Hyperbilirubinemia in the first 24 hours of life in a newborn is pathologic, necessitating additional evaluation. We report the first case of hemolysis and subsequent hyperbilirubinemia in an otherwise normal term neonate resulting from oxidative stress in the form of maternal cautopyreiophagia: the ingestion of burnt matchstick heads. During the third trimester of pregnancy, the infant's mothe...

objective: early discharge of newborns is essential because of social, economic an medical reasons in our area, but it increases readmission rates especially for hyperbilirubinemia. hence, predicting the high risk neonates for subsequent hyperbilirubinemia is required. this study was designed to investigate which level of total serum bilirubin (tsb) at the first day could be used to predict hyp...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to develop a predictive nomogram, based on transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) measurements, for assessment of the risk of significant hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term and near-term neonates. METHODS A total of 10382 TcB measurements were performed with 2039 healthy neonates (gestational age of > or =35 weeks and birth weight of > or =2000 g), with a BiliCheck bilirubinome...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of oral zinc for treatment of idiopathic neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in near-term and term (35-41 weeks) neonates. DESIGN Randomized placebo-controlled trial. SETTING Tertiary-care teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Eighty newborns with idiopathic neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. INTERVENTION Neonates were randomized to receive either oral zinc sulfate (10 m...

Background In recent years, tendency to use drugs has been increasing in the treatment of neonatal jaundice. Several drugs have been used since then, but the effect of probiotics on serum bilirubin level (SBL) is not so clear. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of probiotics on SBL and the duration of phototherapy in term neonates with hyperbilirubinemia. Materials and Methods: In ...

BACKGROUND The neurodevelopmental risks associated with high total serum bilirubin levels in newborns are not well defined. METHODS We identified 140 infants with neonatal total serum bilirubin levels of at least 25 mg per deciliter (428 micromol per liter) and 419 randomly selected controls from a cohort of 106,627 term and near-term infants born from 1995 through 1998 in Kaiser Permanente h...