Sajedeh Omidbakhsh-Amiri

Department of Pediatrics, Amirkola Children’s Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

[ 1 ] - Correlation between Prolonged Hyperbilirubinemia and Serum Zinc Level in Term Neonates

Background: Prolonged hyperbilirubinemia is defined as jaundice persisting more than two and three weeks of life in term and preterm neonates, respectively. In total, 15-40% of jaundiced neonates became prolonged. The most common causes of prolonged hyperbilirubinemia are breastfeeding, infection, hypothyroidism, and continued hemolysis. Given the fact that no study was conducted on the associa...