Neonatal jaundice and its relationship to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) status of healthy, term Chinese infants was evaluated in 220 G6PD-deficient infants, 26 intermediate infants who were observed for 3 weeks, and 116 normal (control) infants. Each infant was free of isoimmunisation, cephalhaematomas, or contusions. The mode of labour, method of delivery, and type of feeds had no a...

Neonatal jaundice is a relatively prevalent disease. Probiotics supplementation therapy could assist to improve the recovery of neonatal jaundice.

This article reports the findings of a study undertaken to evaluate the etiological factors responsible for neonatal jaundice in a high-altitude population (2000 m above sea level) in India. 164 neonates were studied, of which 105 (64%) developed clinical jaundice. 68 (64.5%) were boys and 37 (35.2%) were girls. Serum hyperbilirubinemia was found in 38 cases (23.1%). In 12 cases (11.4%), no...

Neonatal jaundice is the occurrence of elevated bilirubin levels in the blood. It may be physiological or pathological. If the concentration of non-conjugated bilirubin in the blood is too high, it breaches the blood brain barrier and bilirubin encephalopathy occurs with serious consequences for the child. The aim of the research was to examine the incidence frequency of unconjugated pathologic...

Ikterus atau jaundice sering dijumpai pada neonatus dan bayi. dapat bersifat fisiologis patologis. Pada dasarnya, ikterus merupakan manifestasi klinis peningkatan kadar bilirubin dalam darah hiperbilirubinemia. Peningkatan yang berlebihan berpotensi toksik menyebabkan kematian. Pendekatan baik terarah sangat penting untuk menentukan secara cepat tepat perlunya evaluasi intervensi medis lanjutan...

Clinical question " Is sunlight an effective treatment for jaundice in term infants? " A women's health educator at Southern Health wanted to know if there was any evidence that sunlight helps to reduce physiological jaundice in healthy term infants. The formulated search question followed a standard patients/interventions/comparisons/outcomes (PICO) format. Patients were term newborn infants w...

Hemoglobin D a hemoglobin variant occurs in a group of asianpopulation particularly from india, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq. In india, it is mainly reported in north western states of Haryana, PunJab and Gujarat. In heterozygous form, Hb D disease is mild and causes subclinical jaundice. In heterozygous form, it can cause severe hemolytic anemia. Here we present a similar case of Hb D with hemolytic j...

Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia is a common finding during the first postnatal week. Physiological jaundice occurs in first week of life in 60% of term and 80% of premature neonates. Non physiologic or pathologic jaundice occurs in 5-10% of newborns which require intervention. According to AAP guidelines laboratory investigation for jaundice include total serum bilirubin, blood Type and coombs tes...