Background: Bilirubin encephalopathy is a clinical syndrome, associated with bilirubin toxicity in the central nervous system, resulting in chronic and permanent sequelae. It has been estimated that approximately 60% and 80% of term and preterm newborns develop jaundice in the first week of life, respectively. In the present study, we aimed to determine the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality ...

Hyperbilirubinemia is common in neonates; it can have a serious rising course. Due to its critical morbidity called "kernicterus", severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia causes which lead to exchange transfusion, should be clarified. This descriptive cross sectional study performed with reviewing of files of 118 neonates weighting 2kg and more who had exchange transfusion in pediatrics ward at Ghae...

Objective: To evaluate the role of intravenous extra fluid supplementation in accelerating the reduction of serum bilirubin level in neonates and to Find out whether fluid supplementation decrease the total duration of photo therapy and need of exchange transfusion. Methods: Study was conducted at Neonatal ICU at civil, hospital, Ahmedabad over period of 6 months. Eighty four healthy breast-fed...