Nursery practices and detection of jaundice after newborn discharge

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Many hospital nurseries do not have policies on detecting neonatal jaundice and do not follow up infants discharged within 24 hours of birth. Jaundice is a sign of liver disease. A survey of 126 head nurses and 109 pediatricians at hospitals with nurseries found that half of the head nurses had no written policies for detecting neonatal jaundice. Many head nurses and pediatricians had no system to follow-up newborn infants after they were discharged from the hospital. Only half followed up newborn infants discharged within 24 hours of delivery.

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Contribution of long-bone radiographs to the management of congenital syphilis in the newborn infant

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Long-bone x-rays of newborns at risk for congenital syphilis may not be useful in diagnosing the disease. Children born to mothers with recent syphilis infection may require drug treatment, and x-rays have been used to identify bony changes in the newborn which may indicate syphilis infection. Researchers examined the diagnosis and treatment of 853 children born at risk for congenital syphilis. The x-ray had no impact on treatment decisions. Guidelines for congenital syphilis recommend treatment of at-risk infants regardless of x-ray findings.

Evaluation, Diagnosis, Radioscopic, Radioscopic diagnosis, Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile, Congenital syphilis

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Accuracy of Clinical Judgment in Neonatal Jaundice

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A visual inspection of a newborn baby's skin may not be a reliable indicator of jaundice. Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes that is usually a sign of liver dysfunction. In a study of 122 healthy newborn babies, experienced doctors could not agree on the extent of jaundice. The degree of jaundice also did not accurately predict which babies had high blood bilirubin levels. Bilirubin is a naturally occurring substance in the body that causes jaundice when present in large quantities.

Hyperbilirubinemia

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