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Basic care reduces neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia.

S R Daga·N V Desai·S R Shende·N A Kinikar
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We studied the frequency of jaundice, bilirubin estimations, phototherapy administration and exchange transfusions performed at 5 year intervals (1981, 1986 and 1991) among babies admitted to special care unit and those managed in postnatal ward, showing a decline which was significant except for the number of exchange transfusions performed. The number of term babies with serum bilirubin > 15 mg/dl and preterm babies with serum bilirubin > 10 mg/dl also declined significantly without prophylactic phototherapy or pharmacotherapy.

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S R Daga, N V Desai, S R Shende, N A Kinikar. 1997. Basic care reduces neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia.. https://doi.org/10.1177/004947559702700111

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