Neonatal jaundice and nursing care: case report

Abstract

In neonatal jaundice, there is a general indirect hyperbilirubinemia that results from the unconjugated bilirubin pigment tumor that leads to the yellowish coloration of the skin and mucous membranes. Most newborns develop this clinical condition in the first week of life due to the newborn's adaptive process to bilirubin metabolism. Although the curse is benign in its great majority, in some cases, an indirect bilirubin, because it is fat-soluble, can impregnate the central nervous system and cause a bilirubin encephalopathy that in its chronic phase can cause cerebral and mental paralysis. Thus, because it is prevalent and takes into account the risk of severity, the present case will seek to describe neonatal jaundice and its repercussions on the mother-baby binomial and nursing care.