Neonatal Jaundice: Knowledge, Practice, And Attitude Among Primigravida Women [PDF]
Objective: Neonatal jaundice is characterized by a yellowish coloration of the skin and sclera of newborn infants and elevated serum bilirubin levels.
Murtadha H. Ali +2 more
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Current Practices Regarding Treatment of Neonatal Jaundice by Neonatal Care Practitioners in Nigeria [PDF]
Background: Neonatal jaundice is a common medical condition encountered in the neonatal period in Nigerian hospitals. Its management is not homogenous among healthcare providers.
Beatrice Ezenwa +5 more
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Relationship between Neonatal Skin Bilirubin Level and Severe Jaundice with Maternal, Childbirth, and Neonatal Characteristics [PDF]
Background: Neonatal jaundice is the most common cause of newborns' hospitalization. This study aimed to examine various maternal, childbirth, and neonatal factors affecting the neonatal skin bilirubin level and severe jaundice.
Mojgan Mirghafourvand +4 more
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A Retrospective Study on Neonatal Jaundice: Early Risk Stratification Value of DAT-FAT Serological Profiles Confirmed by AET. [PDF]
ABSTRACT This retrospective study aimed to explore the value of DAT‐FAT serological profiles confirmed by AET in classifying neonatal jaundice, evaluating its severity, and guiding clinical management. A total of 915 jaundiced newborns (584 pathological, 331 physiological) admitted from July 2018 to August 2021 were included.
Wu TG +7 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Neonatal weight loss in breast and formula-fed infants [PDF]
We have observed an increase in the number of breast fed babies presenting with dehydration and/or failure to thrive because of lactation failure and non-recognition of feeding problems.
Young, D +3 more
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Normal cholestanol in a genetically confirmed cerebrotendious xanthomatosis case presenting as neonatal jaundice. [PDF]
Abstract Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a treatable genetic disorder associated with deficiency of the sterol 27‐hydroxylase enzyme (CYP27A1), important in bile acid synthesis. CTX may present in the newborn period as hepatic jaundice/cholestasis, that can resolve or can progress to fatal liver disease.
DeBarber AE +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Factors Associated with Exchange Transfusion among Severe Neonatal Jaundice in Malaysia [PDF]
Background: Neonatal jaundice may lead to a severe level if it is not well monitored. The long-term consequences of severe neonatal jaundice may result in devastating neurologic sequelae, including bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus.
Wan Soliha Wan Mohd Hanafi +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Nurses Performance regarding Humanized Care of Newborn with Hyperbilirubinemia [PDF]
Background: Jaundice is one of the most common diagnoses in the neonatal period, it isestimated to occur in 60% of term newborns in the first week of life.
Eman Galala +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Dermal Progression of Neonatal Jaundice of Newborn Under 35 Weeks of Gestational Age [PDF]
Aim:To determine the dermal progression of neonatal jaundice in newborns under 35 weeks of gestational age and those risk factors which affect dermal progression.Materials and Methods:We prospectively enrolled eighty-eight preterm newborns under 35 weeks
Nuray Duman +9 more
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Neonatal jaundice is a common medical condition that affects neonates in the early days of life. Nurses and midwives play important role in the identification and management of neonatal jaundice and the promotion of good neonatal health and education ...
Edem Kojo Dzantor BSc, MPH +2 more
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