Revising Jaundice Terminology to Support New Parents

Updated clinical practice guidelines for management of hyperbilirubinemia – including revised phototherapy thresholds – were published in August, the first major change since 2004. Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, attending neonatologist, Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, provides a review for the nursery and primary care clinic, including a new name for “breastfeeding jaundice”; determining risk for isoimmune hemolytic disease; the importance of G6PD in bilirubin results; the limits of visual assessment of jaundice; using transcutaneous bilirubin meters in primary care; answers to parent questions such as, “Will sunlight help jaundiced babies?”; management of “rebound bili”; tools to help measure phototherapy thresholds by age as you adjust to the new guidelines; and more. Published December 2022. This podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not to be considered as medical advice for any particular patient. Clinicians must rely on their own informed clinical judgment in making recommendations to their patients. ©2022 by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, all rights reserved.