Question
I went to visit my brother’s child, and I noticed that their baby’s skin is particularly yellow. I told my sister-in-law about it, and she had the baby tested for jaundice. However, she isn’t particularly familiar with the data, so she wants to know what the normal level of jaundice in newborns is?
Answer
The normal range of jaundice for full-term newborns is 12.9 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood, meaning the bilirubin level in the blood is below 12.9 milligrams. For premature infants, the normal range is 15 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood, indicating a bilirubin level below 15 milligrams.