Prognosis of Neonatal Jaundice

Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by Dr. Ramya Ananthakrishnan, MD on Dec 03, 2019

Prognosis of Neonatal Jaundice

The prognosis for Neonatal Jaundice is generally good with photo therapy being an effective treatment.

Usually babies with physiologic Neonatal Jaundice do not require any medical treatment and recover completely with photo therapy. There are no known long -term effects of either the disease or the treatment. If the Jaundice is due to any other cause, then the underlying cause must be treated.

Reference:

Mather, Cotton. The Angel of Bethesda. 1724 [Reprinted in Jones GW (ed). Barre, MA: American Antiquarian Society and Barre Publishers; 1972, p. 191.

Published on Nov 12, 2014
Last Updated on Dec 03, 2019

Comments

vaishali9524 Saturday, August 9, 2014

To prevent newborns from jaundice..keep your baby well hydrated with breast milk..and Frequent feedings [up to 12 times a day] encourage frequent bowel movements, which help remove bilirubin through the stools....

mehak464 Saturday, February 23, 2013

sir my baby billuribin ranges from 20-30 os this range is dangerous we also using phototherophy what u suggest.

avdhut85 Thursday, October 7, 2010

sir my baby's billrubin is 17 for how many days phototherapy shud be don

r.arunkumar Thursday, July 15, 2010

neonatal jaundice measurement by new technology using radiation
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guest Tuesday, September 16, 2008

prevalence of kernicterus among Libyan full term healthy babies Discussion The results demonstrated that hyperbilirubinemia in full term otherwise healthy infants can lead to severe encephalopathy ,and what remain controversial is the bilirubin level that results in such injury, it is still undetermined whether a continuous linear relationship or a threshold level exists for bilirubin toxicity,we have noticed that all babies with serum bilirubin >40 mg developed Kernicterus ,and those with serum bilirubin ranges between 20-25mg had no kernicterus,and those with serum bilirubin ranges 25-35mg some developed Kernicterus and others had no adverse effect till now, although intellectual out come need years of follow up to declared that they are normal. we have seen that 34 babies out of 70 who received ET developed Kernicterus either because they seek medical advice late or their serum bilirubin was too high ,the other 8 babies who was not treated with ET, 5 of them developed Kernicterus on follow up . The prevalence of kernicterus among our babies was 15%,we tried to compare with worldwide prevalence.

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