risk factors
Last reviewed 01/2018
Risk factors, in addition to the obvious factor of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia, include:
- occurrence in the first two weeks of life
- prematurity
- factors which increase bilirubin displacement from albumin, such as acidosis, infection, hypoalbuminaemia, hypoxia, etc.
- conditions which lead to massive haemolysis, in particular haemolytic disease of the newborn