These evidence-based and consensus-driven guidelines should be institutionalized for the safer management of newborn jaundice. Occurrence of extreme hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin levels > 25 mg/dl ...
All newborn infants are at risk for newborn jaundice, which when unmonitored or untreated can progress to excessive bilirubin levels. Because newborn infants are discharged as healthy from well ...
This is called jaundice. Newborn jaundice occurs when a baby has high levels of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow substance that the body creates when it replaces old red blood cells.
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The extent of Jaundice (icterus) with Baby. [Getty Images] According to Dr Adnaan Mustafa ...
Increased serum levels of conjugated as well as unconjugated bilirubin and abnormal retention of bromsulfalein are findings resembling those in patients with chronic idiopathic jaundice.
Neonatal jaundice is a condition that affects 60% of term and 80% of pre-term infants. Some ethnic groups have a higher incidence. It occurs when a baby has a high level of bilirubin in their ...