Background: Neonatal mortality and morbidity are gender-biased in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. The male disadvantage theory has been suggested to be responsible for these maturational differences.

BE, a 36-week gestation, 3403-g male infant was born in Canada to immigrants from the Mediterranean region. Pregnancy had been normal. The baby was delivered vaginally by vacuum extraction. Apgar ...

THE degree and duration of hyperbilirubinemia during neonatal life result from many influences unique to the newborn period that serve either to increase the rate of formation of bilirubin or to ...

NAINR. 2004;4(4):201-210. The presenting signs of ABE are subtle and nonspecific. They need to be elicited by direct questioning of parents and close clinical observation of the hyperbilirubinemic ...

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 ...

Carmen Henke first had the urge to work with new babies when she was visiting her father at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina. She was 11 or 12 and spent a lot of time there, sometimes taking a ...

Considering taking supplements to treat Neonatal jaundice? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of Neonatal jaundice. Follow the links to read common uses, ...