A 4-day-old term infant has total serum bilirubin 21 mg/dL at 96 hours, placing the value above the hour-specific phototherapy threshold on the 2022 A...

Question

A 4-day-old term infant has total serum bilirubin 21 mg/dL at 96 hours, placing the value above the hour-specific phototherapy threshold on the 2022 AAP nomogram. Best management?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight therapy at home

Answer

Reassurance and discharge

Answer

Initiate intensive phototherapy now

Answer

Exchange transfusion immediately

Answer

Administer IVIG

"neonatal hyperbilirubinemia" MCQ (SBA): Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

A 4-day-old term infant has total serum bilirubin 21 mg/dL at 96 hours, placing the value above the hour-specific phototherapy threshold on the 2022 AAP nomogram. Best management?