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Prevalence and risk factors for neonatal jaundice: a multicentre analytical cross-sectional study at neonatal intensive care units, Mogadishu, Somalia.
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- Therapeutic equivalence of intermittent and continuous phototherapy for neonatal jaundice: a systematic review & meta-analysis with regression and trial sequential analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Prophylactic use of vitamin k in special neonatal populations: a quality assessment of clinical guidelines.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the Impact of Phototherapy on Serum Bilirubin Levels and Clinical Outcomes in Neonates: A Single-Center Retrospective Study in a Resource-Limited Setting in Somalia.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2026Article
- Incidence and risk factors for neonatal jaundice in a teaching hospital in Northern Ghana.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Factors associated with neonatal jaundice among neonates admitted to three hospitals in Burao, Somaliland: a facility-based unmatched case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Study to correlate the parental judgement of neonatal jaundice using clinical and biochemical profile.Bioinformation · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the prevalence and risk factors for neonatal jaundice among neonates admitted in three large hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia.
designHospital-based analytical cross-sectional study.
settingNeonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of three tertiary hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia.
participants423 neonates admitted in NICUs and their mothers.
resultsThe overall prevalence of neonatal jaundice was 30.26%. Results of multiple logistic regression indicated that the risk of neonatal jaundice was highest for neonates of mothers aged more than 35 years (adjusted OR (AOR): 6.03, 95% CI: 2.46 to 15.13), mothers who had prolonged labour (AOR: 3.29, 95% CI: 1.79 to 6.08) and those delivered vaginally (AOR: 2.75, 95% CI: 1.56 to 4.97) compared with caesarean section. The risk of neonatal jaundice was lower for male neonates (AOR: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.76) and higher for neonates who had ABO incompatibility (AOR: 22.26, 95% CI: 3.54 to 249.62), rhesus (Rh) incompatibility (AOR: 14.10, 95% CI: 1.11 to 2021.73) and neonatal sepsis (AOR: 1.96, 95% CI: 1.15 to 3.39).
conclusionsHigher maternal age, prolonged labour, blood group ABO incompatibility, Rh incompatibility and neonatal sepsis are significant risk factors for neonatal jaundice. Efforts for prevention and timely management of ABO and Rh incompatibility, prolonged labour and neonatal sepsis are required to reduce cases of neonatal jaundice. Special attention should be given to newborns of older mothers and those born through vaginal delivery as they are at higher risk of developing neonatal jaundice. Further research is needed to conclusively identify the role of neonatal sex as a risk factor for neonatal jaundice.
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