Table 3.

Bilirubin-Induced Neurologic Dysfunction (BIND) score [6].

Mental status	Normal	0
	Sleepy but arousable, decreased feeding	1
	Lethargic, poor suck, irritable, and/or jittery	2
	Semi-coma, apnea, unable to feed, seizure, coma	3
Muscle tone	Normal	0
	Persistent mild to moderate hypotonia	1
	Mild to moderate hypotonia alternating with hypertonia	2
	Persistent retrocollis and opisthotonos	3
Cry pattern	Normal	0
	High-pitched when aroused	1
	Shrill, hardly consolable	2
	Inconsolable crying or weak/absent cry	3

Score of 1–3: mild ABE. Score of 4–6: moderate ABE. Score of 7–9: advanced ABE. ABE: acute bilirubin encephalopathy.