Table 1 Changes in proportion of neonates hospitalized for indirect neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (INH), INH as sole clinical diagnosis, postnatal age at diagnosis, severity and mortality rate between 2009 and 2014
Time line | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Data available | ||||||
 Refugee site | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Migrants sites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
SBR available | ||||||
 Refugee site | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Migrants sites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
NICE guidelines and LED phototherapy available a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Proportion of NH by total livebirth, n, (%) | 82/1520 (5.4) | 112/1381 (8.1) | 114/1298 (8.8) | 364/2573 (14.1) | 459/2547 (18.0) | 449/2532 (17.7) |
NH as sole clinical diagnosis in proportion of total NH b, n (%) | 29/82 (35.4) | 48/112 (42.9) | 61/114 (53.5) | 195/364 (53.6) | 280/459 (61.0) | 298/449 (66.4) |
Postnatal age at diagnosis in hours, median, [IQR] | 74.5 [48–106] | 73.5 [22–122] | 67.5 [47–102] | 53.5 [37–91] | 52 [33–77] | 49 [33–81] |
Severe INH in proportion of total INH, n (%) | 30/82 (36.6) | 39/112 (34.8) | 17/114 (14.9) | 46/364 (12.6) | 43/459 (9.4) | 37/449 (8.2) |
Mortality rate in neonates with severe INH, n (%) | 7/30 (23.3) | 4/39 (10.3) | 2/17 (11.8) | 3/46 (6.5) | 1/43 (2.3) | 0/37 (0.0) |