Neonatal Phototherapy Threshold (AAP 2022)
AAP 2022 neonatal hyperbilirubinemia thresholds.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Gestational age
- 38 weeks
- Age
- 48 hours
- Total serum bilirubin
- 18 mg/dL (canonical)
Result: Phototherapy threshold 16 mg/dL; TSB 18 is 2 mg/dL above it; exchange-transfusion threshold 25 mg/dL, escalation of care at 23 mg/dL.
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What you enter
- Gestational age (weeks, 35-44)
- Age (hours, 0-336)
- Total serum bilirubin
- Neurotoxicity risk factor(s) present
How this is calculated
AAP Clinical Practice Guideline (Kemper AR, et al.): Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35+ Weeks of Gestation. Pediatrics. 2022;150(3):e2022058859. Risk-stratified phototherapy and exchange-transfusion thresholds by gestational age, age, and neurotoxicity risk. Read the source ↗
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