Table 3 Pediatricians' answers to the question: "Do you believe that following factors are associated with severe hyperbilirubinemia in term neonates?"
From: Management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: Pediatricians' practices and educational needs
Risk factor and number of respondents | Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hardly at all | To a small degree | To a moderate degree | To a very high degree | Not applicable | |
Jaundice presenting in the first 24 hours (n = 348) | 2.3% | 3.5% | 17.2% | 77.0% | - |
Jaundice noted at discharge (n = 345) | 14.2% | 52.5% | 29.3% | 2.9% | 1.2% |
Gestational age between 37 and 38 weeks (n = 346) | 25.1% | 45.7% | 26.0% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
Breastfeeding (n = 343) | 12.0% | 42.0% | 40.2% | 5.8% | - |
Bruising and/or cephalohematoma (n = 345) | 2.6% | 38.6% | 50.4% | 8.4% | - |
Rh incompatibility (n = 347) | 4.0% | 6.9% | 25.9% | 61.9% | 1.2% |
ABO incompatibility (n = 342) | 0.9% | 8.8% | 46.5% | 43.6% | 0.3% |
G-6-PD deficiency (n = 339) | 5.9% | 17.4% | 40.4% | 34.2% | 2.1% |
Previous sibling with jaundice (n = 346) | 15.6% | 45.1% | 34.4% | 4.3% | 0.6% |