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*Occasionally infants with jaundice will come to the Emergency Department from villages for the express purposes of checking a serum total and direct bilirubin. Since this lab test takes considerable time to return, a general recommendation is to sequester this child and mother in either the quiet room or in another area away from the general ED population while awaiting test results. If the child is ill appearing, or has other complaints such as fever, of course have them evaluated in the main ED per guideline. | |||
===Resources/References=== | ===Resources/References=== | ||
*[[media:Jaundice_neonatal.pdf|YKHC Guidelines for Neonatal Jaundice]] | *[[media:Jaundice_neonatal.pdf|YKHC Guidelines for Neonatal Jaundice]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:10, 19 October 2020
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- Occasionally infants with jaundice will come to the Emergency Department from villages for the express purposes of checking a serum total and direct bilirubin. Since this lab test takes considerable time to return, a general recommendation is to sequester this child and mother in either the quiet room or in another area away from the general ED population while awaiting test results. If the child is ill appearing, or has other complaints such as fever, of course have them evaluated in the main ED per guideline.