Jaundice in the Newborn or Neonate
Jul.23, 2009 in
Undesirable Effects of Blood or Blood Product Transfusion
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Current consensus criteria indicating pathologic rather than physiologic levels of total bilirubin are the following: 1. Total bilirubin level over 5 mg/100 ml (88 µmol/L) in the first 24 hours. 2. Total bilirubin level over 10 mg/100 ml (171 µmol/L) during the second day of life, or an increase of 5 mg/100 ml per day […]