%0 Journal Article
%T Audit of Neonatal Jaundice as Experienced at a Mission Hospital in Western Nigeria
%A Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 50-62
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2024.141006
%X <strong>Introduction</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>:</strong> Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is a common disorder in neonates that can
impact negatively on the brain and cause death. The peculiarities in aetiology
and solutions for different settings </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">are</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> a knowledge gap. This informed the desire to determine local aetiology
and solutions for neonatal jaundice in a missionary hospital in Abeokuta,
Southwestern Nigeria. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: Consecutive consenting babies diagnosed
with significant neonatal jaundice were studied between July 2016 and June
2019. Institutional ethical consent was obtained. A proforma was used to obtain
socio-demographic data and other relevant information such as age, sex,</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">birthweight,
gestational age and history regarding the jaundice. All the information obtained
w</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">as</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> inputted into a computer and analysed with SPSS version 16. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:
A total of 179 babies with neonatal jaundice comprising of 120 (67.0%) boys and
59 (33.0%) girls with ages ranging between 1 and 12 days (mean 2.7 ¡À 2.9) were
studied. Prematurity, ABO incompatibility, neonatal sepsis and
glucose-6-phosphate enzyme deficiency accounted for over 80% of the causes of
significant NNJ. Sixty (33.5%) of the 179 babies studied developed acute
bilirubin encephalopathy and 11</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(6.1%)
mortalities were recorded. Higher proportions of babies that were out-born</span><span style=\"color:red;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with spontaneous vaginal
%K Jaundice
%K Neonates
%K Bilirubinaemia
%K Encephalopathy and Outcomes
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=130398