What screening investigations should be done in a jaundiced infant?
(1) Refers to infants born at 37 weeks or more gestation (2) Phototherapy at these levels is a clinical option, meaning that the intervention may be used on the basis of individual clinical judgement. (3) If hemolysis is likely or present phototherapy should begin at lower MBR levels (220-250). (4) Intensive phototherapy refers to double or triple phototherapy with lights placed above and below the infant. (5) Term infants who are clinically jaundiced at < 24 hours old are not considered healthy and require further evaluation (See text) How can jaundice and the dehydration be anticipated? Infants who are clinically jaundiced < 24 hours of age, or breastfeeding infants < 37 weeks gestation with a primigravida mother should not be discharged from hospital in less than 48 hours. Any infant discharged home within 48 hours of delivery needs timely follow-up with a competent healthcare professional within 2 to 3 days of discharge. By the third day of life the healthy term infant should
