Universal screening for hyperbilirubinemia in term healthy newborns at discharge: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

All term healthy neonates are screened for jaundice before hospital discharge as a standard clinical practice, but methods vary from clinical screening (visual inspection and/or risk factor assessment) to transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) or total serum bilirubin (TSB) testing, depending on the setting.

Methods

This systematic review of randomized and non-randomized studies evaluated the effectiveness of universal TcB and universal TSB screening at discharge compared to clinical screening alone for term healthy neonates. The outcomes were neonatal mortality, readmission for jaundice, severe hyperbilirubinemia (>20 mg/dL), jaundice requiring exchange transfusion, and bilirubin-induced neurological dysfunction (BIND). We searched MEDLINE via Ovid, EBM reviews, Embase,

SUBMITTER: Khurshid F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9798347 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature