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Background: Breast-milk jaundice occurs in 13% of neonates between 2[nd] and 4[th] day of life
Method: A prospective study was performed between December 2002 and December 2003 in Children's Medical Center, Tehran. Enrollment criteria included term neonates with no underlying organic illness causing poor feeding, hypernatremia [serum sodium level more than 150 mEq/L], weight loss greater than 5% and urinary specific gravity above 1012
Results: Out of 217 cases of neonatal jaundice, 37 were recognized as jaundice caused by breast-milk. Nipple anomalies were significantly more common. In 32.4% of mothers, data was analyzed with student t test, chi-square and Pearson correlation. The results showed significant statistical relation between educational situation and frequency of breast feeding [P= 0.000]
Conclusion: The results of this study support the view that the level of knowledge of lactation was associated with frequency of breast feeding