VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA

Objective: To determine the validity of absence of visual jaundice below nipple line in ruling out significant neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: PNS Shifa Hospital Karachi Pakistan, from Jan to Aug 2017. Patients and Methods:...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Faisal Shafiq, Zeeshan Ahmed, Asad Maqbool Ahmad
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2019
Materias:	phototherapy newborn jaundice Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1be9ed3c7b6e4be1b3f74010730173ca2021-11-16T05:26:56ZVALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/1be9ed3c7b6e4be1b3f74010730173ca2019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2524/2079https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To determine the validity of absence of visual jaundice below nipple line in ruling out significant neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: PNS Shifa Hospital Karachi Pakistan, from Jan to Aug 2017. Patients and Methods: A total of 284 babies with ages ranging between 2-7 days, more than 35 weeks of gestation and more that 2000 grams of weight, were enrolled. Visual assessment of dermal jaundice was done in these neonates by a trained pediatric resident. Two zones were arbitrarily defined; one above nipple line and the other below it. The point of most distal dermalicterus was recorded on proforma mentioning the corresponding zone. Serum samples were then sent for laboratory measurement of total bilirubin within one hour of visual assessment. Jaundice in these zones was compared with corresponding total serum bilirubin. Significant hyperbilirubinaemia was defined as total serum bilirubin (TSB) more than 205 micromol/litre. Results: Parents of 4 babies (1.61%) did not give consent for the blood test and 31 babies (10.91%) were lost to follow up. Data of remaining 249 neonates revealed that absence of visual jaundice below the nipple line had sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 73.23% in ruling out significant hyperbilirubinaemia. Conclusion: Absence of jaundice below the nipple line was a reliable screening tool for screening significant hyperbilirubinaemia after 24 hours of age in otherwise healthy babies more than 35 weeks of gestation and more than 2000 grams of weight.Muhammad Faisal ShafiqZeeshan AhmedAsad Maqbool AhmadArmy Medical College RawalpindiarticlephototherapynewbornjaundiceMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 69, Iss 1, Pp 212-216 (2019)
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spellingShingle	phototherapy newborn jaundice Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Muhammad Faisal Shafiq Zeeshan Ahmed Asad Maqbool Ahmad VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA
description	Objective: To determine the validity of absence of visual jaundice below nipple line in ruling out significant neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: PNS Shifa Hospital Karachi Pakistan, from Jan to Aug 2017. Patients and Methods: A total of 284 babies with ages ranging between 2-7 days, more than 35 weeks of gestation and more that 2000 grams of weight, were enrolled. Visual assessment of dermal jaundice was done in these neonates by a trained pediatric resident. Two zones were arbitrarily defined; one above nipple line and the other below it. The point of most distal dermalicterus was recorded on proforma mentioning the corresponding zone. Serum samples were then sent for laboratory measurement of total bilirubin within one hour of visual assessment. Jaundice in these zones was compared with corresponding total serum bilirubin. Significant hyperbilirubinaemia was defined as total serum bilirubin (TSB) more than 205 micromol/litre. Results: Parents of 4 babies (1.61%) did not give consent for the blood test and 31 babies (10.91%) were lost to follow up. Data of remaining 249 neonates revealed that absence of visual jaundice below the nipple line had sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 73.23% in ruling out significant hyperbilirubinaemia. Conclusion: Absence of jaundice below the nipple line was a reliable screening tool for screening significant hyperbilirubinaemia after 24 hours of age in otherwise healthy babies more than 35 weeks of gestation and more than 2000 grams of weight.
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author	Muhammad Faisal Shafiq Zeeshan Ahmed Asad Maqbool Ahmad
author_facet	Muhammad Faisal Shafiq Zeeshan Ahmed Asad Maqbool Ahmad
author_sort	Muhammad Faisal Shafiq
title	VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA
title_short	VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA
title_full	VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA
title_fullStr	VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA
title_full_unstemmed	VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA
title_sort	validity of visual assessment of neonatal jaundice for screening significant hyperbilirubinaemia
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/1be9ed3c7b6e4be1b3f74010730173ca
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VALIDITY OF VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE FOR SCREENING SIGNIFICANT HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA

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