1. List the risk factors for severe hyperbilirubinemia. 2. Distinguish between physiologic
jaundice and pathologic jaundice of the newborn. 3. Recognize the clinical manifestations of …

It is estimated that about two thirds of newborns will appear clinically jaundiced during their
first weeks of life. As newborns and their mothers spend fewer days in the hospital after birth …

BACKGROUND: The assessment of jaundice in outpatient neonates is problematic. Visual
assessment is inaccurate, and more exact methodologies are cumbersome and/or …

Neonatal jaundice (NJ) is one of the most common causes for medical intervention in the
newborn period. While transitory hyperbilirubinemia (HB) is present in almost all newborns …

Although the modern era of transcutaneous bilirubin monitoring (TcB) began only about 35
years ago, this screening tool is now widely used in newborn nurseries and outpatient …

ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant
35 Weeks or More of Gestation—Revised 2017 | Breastfeeding Medicine Mary Ann Liebert …

Increased hemolysis in the presence of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia appears to
augment the risk of bilirubin neurotoxicity. The mechanism of this intensifying effect is …

Aim To assess the diagnostic accuracy of the JM 103 as a screening tool for neonatal
jaundice and explore differential effects based on skin colour. Methods We prospectively …

Identifying infants that will develop significant hyperbilirubinemia with the risk of kernicterus,
and planning appropriate follow-up strategies, is particularly challenging. In this study …

Background Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is one of the leading causes of neonatal
readmission—especially severe hyperbilirubinemia and its complications—and it influences …