Prevalence of Neonatal Jaundice in the Zone Hospital of Suru-Lere at Cotonou (Benin)

Objectives: Summarize the data for better management of jaundice in neonatology Patients and methods: This was a study on 842 Beninese newborns aged 0 to 7 days hospitalized over the period from June 2014 to June 2015. Results: On 842 newborns, 170 were neonatal jaundice franc is 20.19%. The ratio is in favor of boys (1.8); jaundice is early in 2.35% of cases. Etiologies are represented by physiological jaundice, infection, maternal-fetal incompatibility erythrocyte. The use of exchange transfusion was required in 5.29% of cases. The rest of the treatment was dominated by intensive phototherapy and / or associated with conventional etiological treatment. Prematurity and infection are the main risk factors identified in our series. Conclusion: Jaundice is a common condition of course, but we draw attention to the importance of the rate of neonatal jaundice in our context related primarily to the non-monitoring of pregnancies, early discharge of maternity and consultations late. Tags: jaundice, prevalence, newborn, spectrophotometer, bilirubin.