[PDF] Top 20 Clofibrate Treatment of Neonatal Jaundice

... Clofibrate has a number of side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, skin rash, gallstones, and cholecysti- tis, but its disturbing effects on liver and muscles are of prime impor[r] ... See full document

... albumin. Clofibrate has been used in different dosages from 25 mg/kg single dose to 100 mg/kg single ...of clofibrate, another group received 50 mg/kg and last group received only ...either ... See full document

... Feeding clofibrate (a PPARα pharmaceutical agonist) to newborn pigs significantly increases hepatic fatty acid oxidation by stimulating the activities of the key enzymes in β- oxidation and ...8 treatment ... See full document

... Three main neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) facilities in the north of Jordan were included in this study. One is the main unit of the only military hospital in the north of Jordan, another is part of the main ... See full document

... to neonatal jaundice (of indirect hyperbilirubinaemia type) as well as socio-demographic ...complications, treatment and prevention of neonatal ... See full document

... Our results suggest that BiliCam does not have adequate accuracy to serve as a standalone methodology to assess jaundice in newborns. Rather, as with TcB meters, BiliCam is best suited as a screening device to aid ... See full document

... Abstract: Advances in the clinical assessment strategies used to identify neonates at risk for the development of severe hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin neurotoxicity, as well as the treatment measures to control ... See full document

... Pediatric residents could be caught in the middle, as demonstrated by the example of those who worked in New York City ’ s Bellevue/University Hospital program.* Sanford Cohen, the head of neonatology at Bellevue and a ... See full document

... MAIN MESSAGE Review of the relevant literature supports the recommendation that infants with jaundice at 2 weeks of age should be tested for cholestasis by quantifying the direct reacting bilirubin levels in their ... See full document

... But it seems fair to say that Hervieux’s work sur- passed the prevailing standards of his epoch in his systematic approach, his focus on a particular prob- lem which he pursued with great attention to the minutiae, and ... See full document

... Slater L, Brewer MF: Home versus hospital phototherapy for term infants with hyperbilirubinemia: A comparative. study[r] ... See full document

... An unconventional treatment for cholestatic jaundice and hyperthyroid- ism in the form of exchange transfu- sion was used for infant 2. Exchange transfusion has been used for severe cases of hemolytic ... See full document

... that treatment thresholds in the new guidelines are too high, but that infants with high bilirubin levels are not always being identified and treated according to the ... See full document

... of treatment was not a common practice and was confined mainly to the ...of treatment was also not common and was practiced mainly by the ...for jaundice in their newborns during the first week of ... See full document

... Neonatal jaundice or neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, or neonatal icterus, attributive adjective: icteric, is a yellowing of the skin and other tissues of a newborn ...newborns, jaundice is ... See full document

... for treatment of neonatal jaundice at different gestational ages across neonatal units in Great ...72 neonatal units in Great Britain and enquired about the unit guidelines for ... See full document

... by treatment; preterm infants are hospi- talized and receive routine treatment as soon as they are exposed to biliru- ...on treatment with phototherapy or on measured serum bilirubin ... See full document

... CP. Jaundice was also significantly more common in CP cases, and given that jaundice is treatable, early treatment is advised to prevent ...A neonatal seizure history was more common in chil- ... See full document

... Study Design. A population of 2174 infants with ges- tational age > 37 weeks was prospectively investigated during the first days of life. Total serum bilirubin deter- minations were performed on infants with ... See full document

... The present study demonstrates a high associa- tion between elevated AFP levels in umbilical cord blood and subsequent severe neonatal jaundice in normal healthy full-term newborns. High[r] ... See full document