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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

Common risk factors for neonatal jaundice include maternal risk factors and neonatal risk factors. Common maternal risk factors include mother of Asian race, usage of oxytocin during labor, exclusive breastfeeding, and prolonged labor. Neonatal risk factors include family history of siblings received phototherapy, ABO blood group incompatiblity, preterm neonates, and cephalhematoma. Less common risk factors for neonatal jaundice include maternal age more than 25 years, siblings with jaundice, male neonates, and black race neonates.

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Common risk factors

  • Common risk factors for neonatal jaundice include the following:[1][2]
Maternal risk factors Neonatal risk factors

Less common risk factors

  • Less common risk factors for neonatal jaundice include the following:
    • Maternal age more than 25 years
    • Siblings with jaundice
    • Predischarge total bilirubin in the intermediate high risk zone
    • Male neonates
    • Black race neonates

References

  1. Huang MJ, Kua KE, Teng HC, Tang KS, Weng HW, Huang CS (2004). "Risk factors for severe hyperbilirubinemia in neonates". Pediatr Res. 56 (5): 682–9. doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000141846.37253.AF. PMID 15319464.
  2. Olusanya BO, Osibanjo FB, Slusher TM (2015). "Risk factors for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis". PLoS One. 10 (2): e0117229. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117229. PMC 4326461. PMID 25675342.

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