RAJIVE GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES BENGALURU

However, if serum cord bilirubin levels are more than 2.0 mg/dL, the infant has a 25 percent chance of developing subsequent hyperbili-rubinemia Rataj J et al reported that if cord bilirubin was under 1 mg% the jaundice occurred in 2.4% newborns, where as 89% of the infants with cord bilirubin above 2.5 mg% became jaundiced. ................
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