A new look on neonatal jaundice.
Out of 6586 live born babies, 736 babies with jaundice were studied from 1st July 1996 to 30th June, 1997, in a city based medical college nursery. Physiological jaundice was present in 8.92% of all live born babies and accounted for 79.89% of babies with jaundice. Breast milk jaundice and prematurity were next common causes responsible for 5.29% each of all cases with neonatal jaundice. Septicaemia caused jaundice in 4.75% cases. Among the babies with jaundice appearing between day 4 and day 7 of life, breast milk jaundice was the commonest cause occurring in 49.25% cases. The last entity surfaced probably due to exclusive breastfeeding recently initiated in the baby friendly hospital nursery.
Basu
Kaberi
K
Department of Paediatrics, Medical College, Calcutta 700073.
Das
Pradip Kumar
PK
Bhattacharya
Rajat
R
Bhowmik
P K
PK
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D001724:Birth Weight; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000150:complications; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001663:Bilirubin