The prevalence of breast feeding jaundice
Abstract
Background: Breast-milk jaundice occurs in 13% of neonates between 2nd and 4th day of life.
Method: A prospective study was performed between December 2002 and December 2003 in Children's Medical Center, Tehran.
Enrollment criteria included term neonates with no underlying organic illness causing poor feeding, hypernatremia (serum sodium level more than 150 mEq/L), weight loss greater than 5% and urinary specific gravity above 1012.
Results: Out of 217 cases of neonatal jaundice, 37 were recognized as jaundice caused by breast-milk. Nipple anomalies were significantly more common. In 32.4% of mothers, data was analyzed with student t test, chi-square and Pearson correlation.
The results showed significant statistical relation between educational situation and frequency of breast feeding (P= 0.000).
Conclusion: The results of this study support the view that the level of knowledge of lactation was associated with frequency of breast feeding.
Method: A prospective study was performed between December 2002 and December 2003 in Children's Medical Center, Tehran.
Enrollment criteria included term neonates with no underlying organic illness causing poor feeding, hypernatremia (serum sodium level more than 150 mEq/L), weight loss greater than 5% and urinary specific gravity above 1012.
Results: Out of 217 cases of neonatal jaundice, 37 were recognized as jaundice caused by breast-milk. Nipple anomalies were significantly more common. In 32.4% of mothers, data was analyzed with student t test, chi-square and Pearson correlation.
The results showed significant statistical relation between educational situation and frequency of breast feeding (P= 0.000).
Conclusion: The results of this study support the view that the level of knowledge of lactation was associated with frequency of breast feeding.
Keywords
Jaundice, neonates, knowledge of lactation,
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