More than 15 years in the making, the revised AAP Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation was released in 2022. A key ...

Objectives: To analyse if the currently used jaundice action charts are evidence based. Methods: We contacted 72 neonatal units in the Great Britain and enquired about the unit guidelines for ...

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 ...

Singapore, 10 January 2025 – For the first two to three weeks of their lives, infants have to undergo screening for neonatal jaundice (NNJ). It typically involves frequent clinic visits, which is not ...

No further areas of the guideline will be updated at this time. This surveillance proposal does not impact on the previous decision to update the NICE guideline on total serum bilirubin (TSB) ...

image: Association between pesticide usage during pregnancy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring treatment: The Japan Environment and Children's study. view more The data of 61,751 pregnant women ...

A smartphone app that identifies severe jaundice in newborn babies by scanning their eyes could be a life-saver in areas that lack access to expensive screening devices, suggests a new study. A ...

One in eight newborn babies has a gene variant that almost completely protects against jaundice. The research provides the opportunity to develop a treatment that can prevent severe cases of jaundice.

Did our AI summary help? One of the most common conditions that is observed in newborns within the first week of life is neonatal jaundice. It presents as a yellowish discolouration of the skin and ...