1. Risk designation of term and near-term well newborns based on hour-specific serum bilirubin values; used to interpret discharge bilirubin levels to predict babies at risk for levels that rise above the 95th percentile.
Risk designation of term and near-term well newborns based on hour-specific serum bilirubin values; used to interpret discharge bilirubin levels to predict babies at risk for levels that rise above the 95th percentile. (Reproduced with permission from the AAP and Bhutani VK, Johnson L, Sivieri EM. Predictive ability of a predischarge hour-specific serum bilirubin for subsequent significant hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term and near-term newborns. Pediatrics. 1999;103[1]:6–14)‏
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