JAUNDICE OF THE NEWBORN: TREATMENT
Posted on May 19th, 2009 by admin
This will vary according to the cause and severity of the jaundice. Babies who develop jaundice several days after birth usually just require careful monitoring, sometimes with heel prick blood tests checking for bilirubin levels in the blood. If these are high, the hospital staff may recommend a few days treatment with phototherapy. This technique [...]