Background: Neonatal jaundice is clinically presented in 60% of full-term newborns. About 8% of newborns with jaundice have urinary tract infection (UTI) without any other clinical signs in favor of UTI. In present study we evaluated clinical and paraclinical data that help to rapid and early diagnosis of UTI in apparently healthy newborns with jaundice. Methods: From February to August 2006, 5...

Jaundice is a commonly encountered problem in society. Discrimination between obstructive and non-obstructive causes important to imply surgical intervention cases of jaundice whereas medical management jaundice. Nowadays diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) may be replaced by Magnetic resonance (MRCP) as it has high level resolution reliability. We studied the role ...