background: rooming-in, motivated by world health organization (who) strategies and baby-friendly hospital policies, is a practice followed in many maternity hospitals of iran. mother-infant dyad may easily be damaged by the separation caused by medical and surgical problems, which result in hospital stay. regarding this, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the rooming-in pr...

introductio dengue fever is the world’s most important hemorrhagic fever, especially in america, pacific islands, and asia. in countries like ours where viral hepatitis, malaria, enteric fever are common; it represents a challenge to identify the etiology of acute fever complicated by hepatitis. case presentation we report a case of acute hepatitis in a 7-year-old male with dengue hemorrhagic f...

This study aimed to determine the gaps of knowledge and practices of care of neonatal jaundice among Malaysian mothers. It was a cross sectional study of 400 mothers who attended the obstetric clinics or were admitted to the obstetric wards of a general hospital. They were surveyed with a structured set of questionnaire. The results showed that a majority (93.8%) of them knew about neonatal jau...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether an earlier observation, that infants fed a casein-hydrolysate formula (Nutramigen) have lower neonatal jaundice levels than those fed standard formulas, would be repeated in a larger independent group of infants with more frequent measurements and more rigorous statistical analysis. DESIGN Newborn infants were fed human milk, a standard whey-predominant formula ...

There are many disorders associated with direct hyperbilirubinemia in the neonatal period. These usually need urgent referral to identify treatable diseases. DubinJohnson Syndrome (DJS), which results from impaired hepatic excretory function, is an uncommon cause of neonatal jaundice and is only sporadically reported in neonates. We report here a neonate who presented with direct hyperbilirubin...

Multiple myeloma can occasionally present with jaundice. The underlying process may be pancreatic head myeloma infiltration causing obstructive jaundice or hepatic amyloid deposition resulting in cholestatic jaundice. A rare case of myeloma presenting as jaundice due to hepatic myeloma infiltration is reported.

Phototherapy: A simple and safe treatment for Neonatal Jaundice. Jaundice is a common finding in premature and full term newborns. Phototherapy has been widely used in the management of Neonatal unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia for over five decades. Phototherapy devices include Fluorescent, Halogen, Fiberoptic or Light-Emitting Diode light sources. Safety issues and possible complications of ph...

OBJECTIVE To compare 3 methods of clinical assessment of jaundice in newborns by home health nurses. DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. SETTING Homes of newborns living within 10 miles of a 340-bed community hospital where they were delivered. PARTICIPANTS Home health nurses and newborn patients (< or =2 weeks old). INTERVENTIONS The nurses examined the newborns and documented whether t...