Treatment of physiological and pathological neonatal jaundice.
Neonatal jaundice (hyperbilirubinaemia) is a common condition and usually a benign transitional event that resolves without treatment. However, in some infants it can be a symptom of an underlying pathological condition, which is important to identify. If bilirubin levels necessitate it, treatment for jaundice involves phototherapy and/or exchange transfusion of donor blood. In cases of pathological jaundice the underlying cause must also be treated. Parental involvement is important to minimise the trauma of having a sick baby and its effect on bonding.
Boyd
Stevie
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust.
D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods