Relationship bet ween the caphalopedal Progress of Clinical and Serum Bilirubin Concentration in newborn Infants

Abstract

The study population consisted of 500 healthy newly born babies admitted to the newborn nursery of Shari'ati Hospital in Tehran. All infants were icteric and their birth weight was 1500 gr or more. None of the infants had been exposed to phototherapy or has had blood exchange transfusion before measurement. All measurements were obtained within the first two weeks of life.
The investigation showed that a caudal progress of icterus corresponds to an increasing serum bilirubin concentration. (r=0.808) existed between yellow color of the skin and serum bilirubin concentration, furthermore, the relationship did not depend on age, sex, birth
Weight of infants and the rate of serum bilirubin rise.