Volume : 5, Issue : 7, July - 2016

A STUDY ON THE PROFILE OF NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN CHENNAI

Dr. P. Gunasundari, Dr. G. Gurunathan, Dr. Christina Mary P. Paul

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;A retrospective Hospital based study was done to find out the profile of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia. Neonatal jaundice during May 2015 to April 2016 in the Neonatal unit and OBG Ward of ACSMCH were studied. Among the jaundiced neonates, pathological Jaundice (56%) was more than physiological Jaundice (44%). There was a statically significant association between sepsis and pathological Jaundice (P value =0.03). Pathological Jaundice was 1.6 times more common among the female neonates when compared to male neonates and 1.6 times more common among neonates who had caput when compared to neonates who didn&rsquo;t have caput, however these associations were not statistically significant</p>