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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2009 Sep 28;124(4):1031–1039. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-2980

TABLE 4.

Incidence of Hyperbilirubinemia

Incidence, % Change,
%		 P
No Universal
Screening		 Universal
Screening
TSB level at or above AAP exchange levela 0.45   0.17 −62 <.001
TSB level of 15–19.9 mg/dL 9.59 14.94 +56 <.001
TSB level of 20–24.9 mg/dL 2.02   1.37 −32 <.001
TSB level of 25–29.9 mg/dL 0.12     0.031 −74 <.001
TSB level of ≥ 30 mg/dL   0.012       0.0052 −57 .3
a

From the 2004 AAP exchange transfusion guideline.1