Phenobarbitone in neonatal jaundice
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1971
Abstract
Eighty-three jaundiced newborn infants were studied, 41 received phenobarbitone, and 42 served as controls. 48 hours after starting treatment the mean serum bilirubin level of the group of normal birthweight infants was significantly lower than that of controls. Exchange transfusions were required in 6 of the 32 control cases and in none of the 28 treated cases. There were no significant differences in the mean serum bilirubin levels or in the exchange transfusion rates between treated and control low birthweight infants.
Keywords
Bilirubin, Birth Weight, China, Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood, Female, Human, India, Infant, Newborn, Jaundice, Neonatal, Malaysia, Male, Phenobarbital, Racial Stocks, Sex Factors
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume
46
Issue
249
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Additional Information
Sinniah, D.; Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya, Malaysia.