The Value of First-Day Bilirubin Measurement in Predicting the Development of Significant Hyperbilirubinemia in Healthy Term Newborns

Abstract

A serum bilirubin measurement and the use of the critical bilirubin level of 6 mg/dL in the first 24 hours of life will predict nearly all of the term newborns who will have significant hyperbilirubinemia and will determine all those who will require a phototherapy treatment later during the first days of life.