Reliance on the visual signs of jaundice could put newborn babies, particularly those born prematurely and those with black and brown skin, at risk of serious harm, the healthcare safety watchdog has ...

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Every year, millions of newborns around the world carry a hidden enzymatic flaw in their red blood cells that can turn ...

About 50 percent of term and 80 percent of preterm newborns develop jaundice, which usually appears two to four days after birth, and resolves spontaneously after one to two weeks. Jaundice is caused ...

Although neonatal jaundice is common, acute bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus (i.e., chronic bilirubin encephalopathy) are rare. Universal screening for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is ...

Screening for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is integral to newborn care. Predischarge risk assessment relies on documentation of visual jaundice: age at onset and progression; identification of ...

A smartphone application designed to identify jaundice in newborns was found to have a similar success rate as the most commonly used conventional screening method. Researchers found that Neonatal ...

In 2015, Virtue Oboro experienced every mother’s worst nightmare: at just 48 hours old, her newborn son was rushed into hospital for emergency treatment. Her son, Tombra, was diagnosed with jaundice, ...

A structured hospital-to-community pathway using a portable point-of-care bilirubin device allowed nearly 90 percent of ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics identified significant hemolysis as a significant neurotoxic risk factor for newborns with jaundice in its 2022 guideline for managing hyperbilirubinemia. The ...

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