RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARNATAKA

In premature babies maximum bilirubin level reaches 12 to 15mg/dl on 5th to 7th day and icterus disappears by 14 days to a month.3 Phototherapy is a useful method for treating neonatal hyperbilirubinemia because it is easily available and devoid of all complications of double volume exchange transfusions. ................
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