Incidence of
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia with Respect to Birth Weight Weight (KG) Gender Total (%) Male Female LBW (<2.5 Kgs.) 11 (19.6%) 12 (27.2%) 23 (23%) Normal 45 (80.4%) 32 (72.8%) 77 (77%) Total 56 44 100 Table 2.
Risk factors for severe
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Education of primary health care workers about the dangers, signs, and management of
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is also essential [7].
Prematurity was another reason for
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. 5 cases were there.
This review offers a perspective on neonatal jaundice by examining bilirubin metabolism, bilirubin neurotoxicity, the management of
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, and methods for the clinical assessment of neonatal jaundice.
An American Academy of Pediatrics subcommittee is revising its guidelines on
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in light of continuing reports of clinically significant but preventable neonatal jaundice and kernicterus.
Hospital readmission due to
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Pediatrics 1995;96:727-9.
The new treatment, which he calls an important "first step" toward fulfilling that dream, "...represents a promising and new approach to the prevention of
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia."
Meanwhile
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia might be a serious concern in premature neonates with delayed cord clamping, [25] and in our study we also observed a trend of higher bilirubin levels in DCC group, but this difference was not statistically significant.