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NEONATAL JAUNDICE AND GLUCOSE‐6‐PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
WOODFIELD D. GRAEME,
BIDDULPH JOHN
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111481.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency , jaundice , medicine , history , ethnology
Of 50 jaundiced neonatal patients studied at the Port Moresby General Hospital, 11 (22%) were found to be glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase‐deficient, No apparent exogenous precipitating causes for the jaundice were noted. Serum bilirubin levels exceeded 20 mg/100 ml in seven of these glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase‐deficient Infants, and exchange transfusions were required for three subjects. Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency must be considered In the differential diagnosis of neonatal jaundice in Papua New Guinea.