Patient's question:
Is it necessary to hospitalize a newborn with jaundice level 15.9 on the fifth day? My baby is five days old, and the jaundice level is 15.9.Doctor's answer:
Hello, 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. Children with physiological jaundice, in addition to yellowing of the skin, have little impact on appetite and mental state, and the symptoms usually disappear automatically within one month.