Mary asks about a baby who was:

> Seen at the doc's office yesterday, and had a total bili of 9.6.  By the LC's
> report, the direct fraction, CBC, and LFT's were all normal.  Mom was
> advised
> to give a couple of bottles of formula per day until next week when bili
> would be rechecked.  She does NOT want to do this if she doesn't have to,
> and
> is looking for some medical literature to back her viewpoint.
>
> Look in the June, 1999 issue of Clinics of Perinatology.  Larry Gartner's
> most excellent article on jaundice is in there -- he talks about babies w/
> breastmilk jaundice who can be clinically jaundiced up to two months or
> more....  He also talks about the fact that 2/3 of breastfed babies have
> hyperbilirubinemia unrelated to other causes.  Therefore, it must be normal
> -- so why treat something that is normal?


Jan in Wheaton

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