Table 2.
Current Regions in the United States Screening for BA Utilizing Fractionated Bilirubin
Houston and the Rio Grande Valley | Salt Lake City and areas of Utah | New Orleans | San Antonio | |
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Hospital Type(s) | General, Public (n=1) General, Private (n=12) Pediatric, Private (n=1) |
General, Private (n=4) | General, Private (n=2) | General, Public (n=1) |
Number of Hospitals | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Estimated Annual Number of Live Births | 30,000 | 16,000 | 4,000 | 3,200 |
Test(s) Used | Bc, DB | DB | DB | DB |
Reference Range(s) mg/dL | Bc: 0.0–0.2 (n=1) DB: 0.0–0.3 (n=1) 0.0–0.4 (n=2) 0.0–0.5 (n=7) 0.0–0.6 (n=1) 0.0–0.7 (n=2) |
DB: 0.0–0.5 (n=4) |
DB: 0.1–0.6 (n=2) |
DB: 0.0–0.4 (n=1) |
Date Started | July 2013 | October 2020 | March 2021 | February 2021 |