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 ...

In recent years, the role of genetic factors in the control of total serum bilirubin (TSB) concentrations and pathophysiology of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is becoming apparent. 1 Genetic mutations ...

According to Dr. Bajrang Agarwal, director of neonatal-perinatal medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, “Neonatal jaundice is a common and usually harmless condition ...

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A protein that inhibits the enzyme that breaks down bilirubin in newborns has now been identified by researchers. Methods that block this inhibitor, and thus restore the enzyme’s activity, could ...

Neonatal hemolytic jaundice is a risk factor for kernicterus. Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is a rare cause of neonatal hemolytic jaundice, with a prevalence estimated at 1 case per 20 000 births in ...

Jaundice is one of the most common medical issues in newborns, affecting nearly 80% of full-term infants in their first days of life. The condition occurs when excess bilirubin, a yellow pigment ...

Parents of newborns have enough to worry about, and they can most likely add newborn skin ailments to that list. Nearly 20 percent of newborns contract eczema, and roughly 60 percent of newborns — ...

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 ...

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 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 study co-authored ...