Neonatal Jaundice

  • Introduction
  • Bhutani Nomogram
  • Prolonged jaundice
  • Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia
  • References
  • Phototherapy charts (Excel)
  • Algorithms:
  • Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry (TcB)
  • Spun Serum Bilirubin (SBR)
  • Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia
  • Jaundice management

* check gestation, age, maternal blood group, G6PD risk, bruising, signs or history suggestive of polycythaemia, previous sibling with jaundice, method of feeding, signs of sepsis or dehydration

** Click here for Bhutani's nomogram

*** Click here for treatment algorithm

Protocol written by Dr Julia Thomson. Reviewed in Royal London Hospital neonatal guidelines meetings November 2007 and February 2008. Phototheraphy charts devised by Dr Janet Rennie, modified in Excel by Dr Giles Kendall. IT support by Sebastian Palmer and Palmer and Parker Villa Holidays.