Background: Neonatal jaundice is a relatively prevalent disease and affects approximately 2.4-15% newborns. Probiotics supplementation therapy could assist to improve the recovery of neonatal jaundice, through enhancing immunity mainly by regulating bacterial colonies. However, there is limited evidence regarding the effect of probiotics on bilirubin level in neonates. Therefore, this study aim...

Jaundice is the most common clinical sign in neonatal medicine, but only rarely is it associated with bilirubin neurotoxicity or the harbinger of significant underlying disease. Cases of kernicterus, which should be a never event, are still occurring. Delays in the diagnosis of pathological causes of prolonged jaundice, such as biliary atresia are still resulting in life long morbidity. These a...

Prolonged neonatal jaundice is defined as a jaundice lasting more than 14 days of life in the full-term infants [1,2]. Etiologically it is helpful to distinguish jaundice related to unconjugated (indirect) or conjugated (direct) hyperbilirubinemia. A prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia may be related to breastfeeding or to some pathological conditions as hemolytic diseases (due to Rh or A...

It is a well-known fact that after familial jaundice in the new-born there not rarely remain certain cerebral symptoms which are related to a particular localization of the icteric staining in the brain substance, especially in the basal ganglia. The first description of icterus gravis neonatorum was given by Orthl', and the familial character was stressed by Schmorl2. In recent years a number ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether an earlier observation, that infants fed a casein-hydrolysate formula (Nutramigen) have lower neonatal jaundice levels than those fed standard formulas, would be repeated in a larger independent group of infants with more frequent measurements and more rigorous statistical analysis. DESIGN Newborn infants were fed human milk, a standard whey-predominant formula ...

Plasma bilirubin was estimated on 690 term infants on about the 6th day of life. Perinatal factors were recorded and the results analysed. Hyperbilirubinaemia was defined as a level greater than 205 micromol/1 (12 mg/100 ml) and this was present in 20% of cases. Three factors--epidural analgesia, breast feeding, and poor weight recovery--showed highly significant associations with jaundice. The...

Background: Neonatal jaundice is a common problem that can result in serious neurological side effect such as Kern icterus. Several drugs are used to prevent neonatal jaundice. The effect of clofibrate in the prevention of hyperbilirubi-nemia in healthy term neonates has not been paid attention to. This study aimed to evaluate the preventive effect of clofibrate on neonatal jaundice in ter...

Bowel sounds were heard in 42 cases from group A compared with 13 from group B (X2 test, P <0 001). When it became likely that an effect was present (after 50 cases) the scope of the investigation was widened to include observations of the bowel sounds 30 and 60 minutes later by trained recovery room staff who did not know which drugs had been injected. Of 31 patients from group A, 24 had audib...

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...

The response of mothers to jaundice in their babies will depend on the knowledge of the mothers on the danger of the jaundice in their babies. Aim: The aim of the present study therefore, was to assess the knowledge of mothers on jaundice in their babies so as improve it. Methods: This is a crosssectional study of mothers and their newborn babies brought for routine immunization in one secondar...