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Rate and Predictors of Neonatal Jaundice in Northwest Ethiopia: Prospective Cohort Study by Molla Yigzaw Birhanu; Aytenew Atnaf Workineh; Yalew Molla; Ermias Abebaw; Amit Arora; Yibelu Bazezew is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background Neonatal jaundice is one of the most common clinical disorders occurred worldwide. About 1.1 million neonates develop jaundice per year globally and the vast majority of them found in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. There is a paucity of evidence on the incidence rate and predictors of neonatal jaundice in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed at determining the rate and predictors of neonatal jaundice in the northwest, Ethiopia. ## Methods A prospective cohort study design was conducted at Debre Markos comprehensive, specialized Hospitals using 334 neonates from October 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. Using a systematic random sampling technique, the study subjects were drawn. Data were entered into the Epi-Data^TM^ Version 4.2 and analyzed using STATA^TM^ Version 14.0. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to estimate the survival time. A generalized Log rank test was used to compare the survival curves of different categorical variables. Finally, both bi-variable and multivariable Cox-proportional hazards regression models were used to identify the predictors of neonatal jaundice. ## The Results The overall incidence rate of jaundice among neonates was 4.5 per

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Author

Molla Yigzaw Birhanu; Aytenew Atnaf Workineh; Yalew Molla; Ermias Abebaw; Amit Arora; Yibelu Bazezew

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)