Researchers involve in a recent study found that performing a bilirubin screening shortly after birth could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of HDFN in newborns. As jaundice surveillance is ...
Because newborn infants are discharged as healthy from well baby nurseries before their jaundice peaks during the first week after birth, they are vulnerable to this form of brain injury.
Newborns’ jaundice is the result of bilirubin accumulation as fetal hemoglobin is metabolized by the immature liver. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of mother-reported newborn jaundice and ...
Infant jaundice occurs because the baby's blood contains an excess of bilirubin ... Rarely, an unusually high blood level of bilirubin can place a newborn at risk of brain damage, particularly ...
An ongoing need exists to monitor blood type O Rhesus (Rh)D-positive mothers during pregnancy, and their newborns following delivery, in order to prevent the development of severe neonatal jaundice, ...