Neonatal physical jaundice

Neonatal physiological jaundice is caused by neonatal bilirubin metabolism. The serum bilirubin after birth is increased from 17 to 51 μmol / L (1 to 3 mg / dl) gradually to 86 μmol / L (5mg / dl) or above appeared clinically with jaundice without other symptoms and subsided within 1 to 2 weeks. Adult serum bilirubin 34micro; mol / L (2mg / dl), yellow staining of the sclera and skin, newborns due to rich capillaries, bilirubin 85micro; mol / L (5mg / dl) yellow skin .

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