Prevalence Of Phototherapy Induced Hypomagnesemia In Term Newborns With Jaundice

Abstract

Background and objectives Jaundice is more prevalent during neonatal period and is found in around 60% of term neonates and 80% of preterm neonates. In early neonatal period readmission to hospital for neonatal jaundice is seen in around 6.5% of the babies. Phototherapy a commonly used and comparatively safer modality of treatment used to treat neonatal jaundice. Phototherapy can lead to few side effects like electrolyte imbalance like hypocalcaemia, hyponatremia, hypokalemia, dehydration, hyperthermia, feed intolerance, diarrhea and retinal damage. The main aim of this study is to know the correlation between serum magnesium in newborn with jaundice at initiation and after ending phototherapy to know prevalence of hypomagnesemia and to know the association of hypomagnesemia with duration of photherapy