Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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Incidence of breast milk jaundice in healthy full-term infants

건강한 만삭아에서 모유황달의 발생 빈도

  • Yoon, Yong Ho (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Kyong Eun (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kyung Ah (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ko, Sun Young (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Yeon Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Son Moon (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
  • 윤용호 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 최경은 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 김경아 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 고선영 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 이연경 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 신손문 (관동대학교 의과대학 제일병원 소아청소년과)
  • Received : 2007.08.16
  • Accepted : 2007.10.10
  • Published : 2007.11.15
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Abstract

Purpose : It has been described that the incidence of breastfeeding jaundice is 13% and that of breast milk jaundice is 2%. The incidence in Korea was believed to be higher, but there were no studies to prove this assumption. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of jaundice of healthy breastfed full-term infants in Korea. Methods : 839 infants were enrolled who were admitted to the Postpartum Care Center of the Cheil General Hospital between January 1 and December 31, 2005, and were followed up for more than 7 days. Those infants were divided into 3 groups; Exclusive breastfeeding group; Partial breastfeeding group; Formula feeding group. If they became icteric, transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) was measured by research nurses with JM-103 Jaundice meter (Konica Minolta sensing, Inc., Osaka, Japan). Using this method we investigated the incidence of breast milk jaundice of healthy breastfed full-term infants. Results : There were no significant differences in sex, birth weight, Apgar score, or obstetric risk factors among 3 groups but there were higher rates of vaginal delivery in the exclusive breastfeeding group. The incidence of breast milk jaundice was 10.8% in the exclusive breastfeeding group and 4.4% in the partial breastfeeding group. The incidence of breast milk jaundice in the breastfed infants was 6.3%. The incidence was significantly higher in the exclusive breastfeeding group than in the partial breastfeeding group. Conclusion : The incidence of breast milk jaundice of healthy breastfed full-term infants was 6.3%. It was found that the incidence of breast milk jaundice was higher in this study than in other countries. But it was not a population-based study, so further study with the large sample sizes is needed.

목 적 : 엄마 젖을 먹는 신생아에서 조기 모유황달과 모유 황달의 발생 빈도가 우리나라에서는 더 높은 것으로 추정되나 이에 대한 연구가 부족하여, 모유를 수유하는 우리나라 건강한 만삭아의 모유 황달의 발생 빈도를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2005년 1월부터 2005년 12월까지 1년 동안 제일 병원에서 출생하고 제일 병원 산후 관리 센터에 입실하여 7일 이상 추적 관찰이 가능한 건강한 만삭아 839명을 대상으로 하였고, 육안적으로 황달이 관찰된 경우 경피적 빌리루빈 측정기 JM-103 jaundice meter(Konica Minolta sensing, Inc., Osaka, Japan)를 이용하여 매일 경피적 빌리루빈치의 변화를 조사하여, 이를 통하여 모유 수유를 하는 건강한 만삭아의 황달 발생 빈도를 알아 보았다. 결 과 : 대상아 중 완전 모유 수유 군은 251명(29.9%), 혼합 수유 군은 568명(67.7%), 조제 분유 수유 군은 20명(2.4%) 이었으며, 세 군간에서 성별, 출생 체중, 아프가 점수, 산과적 위험 인자 등의 유의한 차이는 없었으나, 분만 형태에서는 완전 모유 수유 군에서 질식 분만이 유의하게 많았다. 모유 황달은 완전 모유 수유 군에서 31예(10.8%), 혼합 수유 군에서 21예(4.4%)로 전체 모유 수유아의 6.3%에서 나타났고, 완전 모유 수유 군에서 혼합 수유 군보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높았으며, 조기 모유 황달은 완전 모유 수유 군에서 63예(24.3%), 혼합 수유 군에서 149예(26.2%)로 모유 수유아의 25.6%에서 나타났으나, 완전 모유 수유 군과 혼합 수유 군에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 결 론 : 모유를 수유하는 우리나라의 건강한 만삭아에서 모유 황달의 발생 빈도는 6.3%, 조기 모유 황달의 발생 빈도는 25.6%였으며, 서양인에 비하여 모유 황달의 발생 빈도가 높은 것을 알 수 있었다.

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