RT Book, Section
A1 Shah, Ashish
A1 Sobolewski, Brad
A1 Mittiga, Matthew R.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181044260
T1 Neonatal Jaundice
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181044260
RD 2024/04/19
AB Neonatal  jaundice  occurs  when  total  serum  bilirubin  is  in  excess  of  5  mg/dL  and  progresses  in  a  head-to-toe  fashion  as  levels  increase.  Most  cases  of  physiologic  (<  12  mg/dL)  jaundice  are  self-limited  without  sequelae  and  appear  on  the  2nd  or  3rd  day  of  life,  peaking  between  the  3rd  and  5th  day.  Visual  estimation  of  serum  bilirubin  level  is  not  accurate  enough  to  determine  jaundice  severity.  Preterm  infants  may  peak  later.