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Neonatal jaundice

Bibliographic details Study type & Patient characteristics Results Reviewers Comments
Evidence level
Ethnicity: Not reported 49/125 (39.2%)
Breastfeeding:
Onset of Jaundice: Days 0 – 7 Infection: 1/125 (0.8%)
Duration of jaundice:
Idiopathic: 35/125 (28%)
Exclusion: None
Exchange Transfusion (n = 53)
ABO incompatibility: 15/53 (20.6%)

Rh incompatibility:1/53 (1.9%)

G6PD deficiency:
21/53 (39.6%)

Infection: 0/53 (0%)

Idiopathic: 11/53 (20.7%)
Author: Ho K Study type: Diagnosis: Jaundice Mean bilirubin levels Authors report a drop in number of
Retrospective chart Criteria: TSB ≥ 256 micromol/litre TSB: Not reported G6PD cases requiring exchange
Year: 1991 review Setting: Hospital transfusion on new guidelines that
ABO incompatibility: 73/270 (27.0%) specified that G6PD be screened for at
Country: Singapore Evidence level: 3 Sample Size: 270 birth and deficient babies be kept in
Mean GA: Not reported Rh incompatibility:1/270 (0.4%) hospital for a minimum of 2 weeks
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Ref ID: Mean BW: Not reported
Gender M/F: Not reported G6PD deficiency: 18/270 (6.7%)
Ethnicity: Not reported
Breastfeeding: Not reported Infection: Not reported
Onset of Jaundice: Not reported
Idiopathic: Not reported
Exclusion: None
Exchange Transfusion (n = 46)
ABO incompatibility: 17/46 (37.0%)

Rh incompatibility: 1/46 (2.2%)

G6PD deficiency:
2/46 (4.3%)

Infection: 8/46 (17.4%)

Idiopathic: 6/46(13.0%)
Author: Ahmed H Study type: Diagnosis: Jaundice Mean bilirubin levels Incidence of infection higher in babies
Case control study Criteria: TSB ≥ 171 micromol/litre TSB: 312 micromol/litre readmitted from home
Year: 1995 Setting: Hospital
Evidence level: 2 - ABO incompatibility: 24/102 (23.5%)
Country: Nigeria Sample Size: 102
Mean GA: Not reported Rh incompatibility: 0/102 (0%)
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Ref ID: Mean BW: Not reported

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