Introduction: Neonatal jaundice is the most common cause of hospitalization.Animal study demonstrated a decrease in serum bililrubin level after zinc treatment in hyperbilirubinemic rats. The objective of this study was the investigation of serum zinc level in the neonates with idiopatic .   Materials and Methods: A case-control study was undertaken on 263 neonates in a neonatal intensive care ...

The aims of this study were to detect the frequency at which the different types of neonatal jaundice occur in Makkah and to estimate the malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. This study included 239 neonates with neonatal jaundice, 20 anemic neonates and 21 healthy neonates. ABO incompatibility was observed in 31.6% of neonates with indirect hyperbilirubinemia, in 14.3% of those with early onset jaund...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of Yinchen Shufu Decoction on hepatocyte apoptosis and the expression of its apoptosis-regulating gene Bcl-2 and Bax in Yin-jaundice rats. METHODS Forty-eight rats were divided randomly into 4 groups: the normal control group, Yin-jaundice model group, Yang-jaundice model group, Yinchen Shufu Decoction treatment group. The TUNEL assay and the immunohistoch...

A 62-year-old man having prostate cancer presenting with hemolytic jaundice is reported. The hemolytic jaundice was cured by diethylstilbestrol diphosphate (DES-P) treatment, but the patient died one year and two months later from relapse of prostate cancer. An autopsy confirmed the diagnosis of prostate cancer with multiple metastases. Sudden anemia caused by bone metastasis might have caused ...

Phototherapy is a safe, effective method for decreasing or preventing the rise of serum unconjugated bilirubin levels and reduces need exchange transfusion in neonates. The aim phototherapy to decrease level order prevent acute encephalopathy, hearing loss kernicterus. Mainly 5 types jaundice- pathological jaundice, physiological breast milk breastfeeding jaundice prematurity. works by 3 proces...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Neonatal jaundice is a major problem among infants in the first weeks of life. Research on several indicators of severe neonatal jaundice including alpha-fetoprotein and umbilical cord bilirubin level has indicated contradictory results. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the significance of umbilical cord bilirubin level as a predictive indicator ...

bilirubin induced brain damage is still a common cause of morbidity and mortality in nigerian infants. no much success has been recorded in decades despite the fact that brain damage from bilirubin toxicity in the newborn is easily preventable with affordable and effective means. we report a case of a newborn with acute bilirubin encephalopathy. this case was considered of interest because the ...

background: neonates affected by hereditary spherocytosis may suffer from significant jaundice. this study was conducted on neonates with jaundice hospitalized at the children’s hospital in bandar abbas, south iran, to determine the frequency of hereditary spherocytosis among them. patients and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 814 neonates with jaundice hospitalized at the children’s hos...

This study explored the effect of the implant position of stents across the Vater's ampulla on treatment outcomes in patients with lower bile duct obstruction.In the retrospective study, 41 patients with malignant obstruction of the lower bile duct and obstructive jaundice received percutaneous transhepatic biliary placement of bare-metal stents. Basic demographic data on patients, such as sex,...

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...