Determinants of Neonatal Jaundice among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Public General Hospitals of Central Zone, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019: a Case-Control Study.
Guesh Gebreayezgi AsefaTeklay Guesh GebrewahidHailemariam NuguseMengistu Welday GebremichaelMerhawi BirhaneKidane ZereabrukTeklewoini Mariye ZemichealAbrha HailayWoldu Aberhe AbrhaSurafel Aregawi HaderaAreaya Gebreegzabiher HailuBrhane Hagos BeyeneEbud Ayele DagnazgiFsaha Gebretsadkan TekuluFissaha Tekulu WelayPublished in: BioMed research international (2020)
Obstetric complication, low birth weight, birth asphyxia, RH-incompatibility, breastfeeding, and polycythemia were among the determinants of neonatal jaundice. Hence, early prevention and timely treatment of neonatal jaundice are important since it was a cause of long-term complication and death in neonates.