BIND Score (Bilirubin Encephalopathy)
Bilirubin-Induced Neurologic Dysfunction score (Johnson & Bhutani 1999): mental status, muscle tone, and cry pattern, each 0-3; total 0-9 grades acute bilirubin encephalopathy.
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Example
- Mental status
- 2
- Muscle tone
- 2
- Cry pattern
- 1
Result: BIND score 5 of 9 — moderate / progressing (4-6) acute bilirubin encephalopathy.
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What the result means
- 1-3
- Mild / subtle.
- 4-6
- Moderate / progressing.
- 7-9
- Severe / advanced acute bilirubin encephalopathy (mental status + tone + cry, each 0-3). A severity score, not a diagnosis.
What you enter
- Mental status
- Muscle tone
- Cry pattern
How this is calculated
Johnson L, Brown AK, Bhutani VK. BIND — a clinical score for bilirubin induced neurologic dysfunction in newborns. Pediatrics. 1999;104(3):746. (Bhutani VK, et al.) Read the source ↗
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