Patient's question:
Will a baby with a 12-day-old skin test jaundice index of 240 develop kernicterus?Doctor's answer:
The normal value for neonatal jaundice is based on the reference index of serum bilirubin. As long as full-term infants do not exceed 204 μmol/L (12 mg/dL) and preterm infants do not exceed 255 μmol/L (15 mg/dL), it is considered normal. Additionally, children with physiological jaundice, apart from the yellowing of the skin, do not have significant effects on appetite and mental state. Moreover, the symptoms usually resolve automatically within one month.