Investigation of Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia: Helping family physicians indentify newborns at risk.

The trend to early neonatal discharge underscores the need to detect and manage neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. In a retrospective study, 84 charts from newborns were audited for clinical hyperbilirubinemia. Jaundice was recorded for 29% of the newborns, 92% of cases appearing after the second day. Audits of additional 257 charts indicated that neonates delivered by cesarean section were twice as likely to develop jaundice.