A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON PHYSIOLOGICAL JAUNDICE: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFECTED NEONATES

Abstract

Jaundice is the most common physical abnormality in the first week of life. Physiological jaundice is increase in the level of bilirubin in the blood which is not immunologically induced as seen in pathological jaundice caused by blood group incompatibility such as ABO or Rh blood groups. Physiological jaundice can be treated with phototherapy. This paper was written to give an insight into physiological jaundice. Many search engines such as Google scholar, Pubmed central, Web of Science, Scopus, Researchgate, Academia Edu, etc were searched for related information. Physiological jaundice can easily manged with exposure to sun light which metabolises the bilirubin.