Can heel prick test confirm early prediction of jaundice? - Dr. Suresh Gowda

The neonatal heel prick is a blood collection procedure done in the newborns, it consist of making a pinprick puncture in one heel of the new-born to collect the blood this technique is used frequently as a main way to collect blood from the neonates. Other techniques includes venous sampling, arterial blood sampling or umbilical cord blood sampling or umbilical line collection. This technique is often utilised for the guthrie test where it is used to soaken the blood on the pre-printed collection cord known as the Guthrie cord. The blood samples that has been used for the guthrie test has been used for a variety of genetic conditions such as galactosemia, cystic fibrosis, maple syrup urine disease, medium child acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency, phenylketonuria, sickle cell disease, the common indications where we do a neonatal heel prick tests is include for routine blood glucose for a new-born baby or a newborn screening or for bilirubin for jaundice. For example if the baby is admitted in the special care, or if the baby is in the post-natal ward or if the baby is in the outpatient department, we do the neonatal heel prick test as well to collect as a routine to test for bilirubin to predict jaundice. World's Largest Video Heath Platform is now in Hindi Subscribe to -    / @doctorscirclehindi   for HINDI videos