The value of routine bilirubin screening to detect significant hyperbilirubinemia in Thai healthy term newborns.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical value and the predictive usefulness of the routine pre-discharge bilirubin screening in term newborn at 48-72 hours after birth.

Material And Method: Blood samples of 1983 healthy term newborns for measuring total serum bilirubin level were drawn at the same time as the routine metabolic screening at Prapokklao Hospital. Newborns with total serum bilirubin levels > or = 5 mg/dL in the first 24 hours, > or = 10 mg/dL at 25 to 48 hours, > or = 13 mg/dL at 49-72 hours, and > or = 15 mg/dL at > 72 were defined to have hyperbilirubinemia and were started on phototherapy.

Sensitization to common indoor allergens and its association with allergic diseases in Thai female high-school students.

Unlabelled: Allergic sensitization is generally agreed to be an important risk factor for allergic diseases. It has been demonstrated in most of the children attending allergy clinics in Thailand but has never been studied in Thai general populations. The objectives were (i) to describe the prevalence of sensitization to common indoor allergens in Thai female-high-school students and (ii) to evaluate the association of allergic sensitization to allergic diseases in these students.