Factors Influencing Neonatal Jaundice

Wood, B. S. B.; Culley, Phyllis; Waterhouse, J. A. H.; Powell, D. J.

doi:10.1136/adc.37.194.371

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“…Many factors, both prenatal and postnatal have been reported to play a part in the aetiology of physiological jaundice of the newborn (Wood et al, 1962;Odell, 1967). We report the influence which two types of "steroid therapy" appear to have on bilirubin concentrations in the newborn.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Effect on Neonatal Jaundice of Oestrogens and Progestogens Taken before and after Conception

McConnell¹,

Glasgow²,

McNair³

1973

BMJ

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Effect on Neonatal Jaundice of Oestrogens and Progestogens Taken before and after Conception

McConnell¹,

Glasgow²,

McNair³

1973

BMJ

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“…An increasing incidence of neonatal jaundice has been reported by several authors Sims and Neligan, 1975;Smith and Wilson, 1978), while in Birmingham the incidence of hyperbilirubinaemia (>205 tmol/l) has apparently risen from 5 6% (Wood et al, 1962) to 20% in 1975. These figures are not strictly comparable however because in the early years routine blood tests were not done and, as already shown, 4 % of babies with significant levels might have been omitted.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Factors affecting neonatal jaundice.

Wood¹,

Culley²,

Roginski³

et al. 1979

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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SUMMARY Plasma bilirubin was estimated on 690 term infants on about the 6th day of life. Perinatal factors were recorded and the results analysed. Hyperbilirubinaemia was defined as a level >205,umol/l (12 mg/100 ml) and this was present in 20% of cases. Three factors-epidural analgesia, breast feeding, and poor weight recovery-showed highly significant associations with jaundice. The relative importance of these is discussed and compared with recent reports. Induction of labour, for reasons other than postmaturity, and a gestational age <39 weeks showed a slightly increased incidence of jaundice. There was no correlation with other factors tested including oxytocic drug administration. Despite the high incidence (20 %) of hyperbilirubinaemia, only 2.5 % infants needed treatment and none required exchange transfusion. Radical (Ghosh and Hudson, 1972;Davidson et al., 1973;Eden et al., 1974;Gould et al., 1974;Chalmers et al., 1975

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“…No obvious difference was found between surgically induced labours and spontaneous labours. Differences might, however, be obscured by associations between prenatal and postnatal factors; for instance, neonatal jaundice is less common in children of toxaemic than of nontoxaemic mothers (Barton, Wilson and Walker, 1962;Wood, Culley, Waterhouse and Powell, 1962). Therefore expected numbers of children with diplegia were calculated allowing for the effect of jaundice and respiratory difficulties (see Appendix).…”

Section: : Spastic Diplegia Syndromementioning

confidence: 99%