Research Article: Treatment Outcome of Jaundice and Its Associated Factors Among Neonates Treated in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Comprehensive and Specialized Hospitals of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia
Introduction:
Neonatal jaundice refers to when an infant’s skin, mucous membranes, and whites of eyes become yellow within the early neonatal period due to a rise of bilirubin in the blood and a then accumulation of it on the skin and mucous membranes. – Bilirubin is produced from the breakdown of senescent red blood cells during the early neonatal period. , Jaundice is a frequent disorder that affects up to –% of full-term and % of preterm newborn babies in their first week of life. It is a benign condition in most cases, but…
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