> Subject: Re: Prevalence of phototherapy
> 
> <<Does anyone have hard data on the proportion of term newborns who get
> phototherapy for pronounced physiologic jaundice in the US?  Any other
> countries?  Also, are there standards for threshhold values, or does it vary
> from unit to unit?  If there are standard threshhold values, what are
> they?>>
> 
> Rachel, according to the new guidelines put out by the American Academy of
> Pediatrics, 2004, they are sorting babies into 3 risk categories: lower risk
> (>38 weeks at birth and healthy), medium risk (>38 weeks with risk factors,
> or 35-36 6/7 weeks at birth and healthy) and higher risk (35-37 6/7 at birth
> with risk factors.) 
> 


If anyone would like a copy of the AAP 2004 clinical guidelines, go to: 
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;114/1/297


KKG

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