Ability of hospital doctors to calculate drug doses

the first 14 days of life.Denominator data were taken from the national child health computer system.From 1 September 1992 to 25 February 1993, 1170 live babies were born to the residents of Solihull Health District or had moved into the district in their first 14 days of life.The table shows the prevalence of jaundice by age.At the primary visit 175 babies were thought to be jaundiced.Only 78 babies had yellow eyes.Stool was seen in seven cases, urine in 10, both in nine, and neither in 119; the report was incomplete in 30.Dark urine was reported by the parents in three cases, one baby also having pale stools; pale stool was reported by the parents in three and by a health visitor in one.All these babies were well and free of jaundice at 6 weeks.Seven babies were still jaundiced at 6 weeks, six of whom were breast fed.At 1 year the bottle fed baby had mildly raised transaminase activities and one baby was found to be heterozygous for a antitrypsin deficiency, but none had clinically significant liver disease.