Background: Neonatal jaundice is a very common condition worldwide, occurring in up to 60% of term and 80% pre-term newborns the 1st week life most cause for readmission. The present study was conducted evaluate predictive value umbilical cord blood albumin level subsequent development neonatal healthy neonates. find usefulness predicting significant jaundice. Methods Methods: This hospital-bas...

resistance to thyroid hormone is an uncommon condition. we report the clinical and laboratory findings of a case with both resistance to thyroid hormone and, a reduced capacity to produce and respond to thyroid hormone. rth is a disorder characterized by elevated circulating thyroid hormones, state of non-suppressed pituitary tsh secretion and refractoriness to hormone action in peripheral tiss...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of Rh and ABO incompatibility in jaundiced neonates. Methodology: This hospital based descriptive study was conducted in Pediatrics Unit, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. A total of 200 neonates with clinically diagnosed jaundice were included in the study. Results: Out of 200 neonates 70% were male and 30%female. Majority of neonates 99.5% age was ranged f...

Neonatal jaundice is a common physiological problem affecting over half of all full term and most preterm infants. Thus, newborn infants must be monitored for signs of hyperbilirubinemia to prevent acute bilirubin encephalopathy or kernicterus. Evidence exists supporting the benefits of baby massage as a form of mild hand to skin contact, to increase neonatal physical and mental development. In...

The precise mechanism underlying the common 'physiological' jaundice of the newborn remains uncertain (Goldbloom and Gottlieb, 1929; Billing and Lathe, 1956; Lathe and Walker, 1957; Nelson, 1964). This study was based upon a previous suggestion that increased haemolytic activity operates in some cases, and that an increased urinary potassium concentration is one expression of this, continuing a...

Background: Jaundice is a common condition among neonates. Prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs when jaundice persists beyond two weeks in term neonates and three weeks in preterm neonates. This study aimed to determine the etiologies of prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in infants admitted to the neonatal ward of Besat Hospital in Hamadan, Iran. Methods: This study was cond...

Objectives: Jaundice is a main problem in the early neonatal period and it is suggested that there is a positive correlation between plasma ionized Mg levels and severity of hyperbilirubinemia in newborn. The aim of this study is to explore the association and to evaluate and interpret its clinical significance as well as to observe the effect of phototherapy on serum magnesium and bilirubin le...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disorder. Fifty percent will have gastro intestinal symptoms and 1 to 4% jaundice. Two Filipino adolescents with uncommon presentation of SLE are reported: 14-year old female intermittent epigastric pain 17-year male jaundice. Epigastric jaundice presentations in patients SLE. A high index suspicion needed must be considered th...