Jaundice is a common condition in newborn babies. It appears within a few days of birth and makes a baby's skin look yellow. Jaundice occurs when the chemical bilirubin, which is found in everyone's blood and removed by the liver, builds up.

All neoBLUE LED Phototherapy Systems meet AAP Guidelines for intensive phototherapy? American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline: Management of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation. Pediatrics. 2004; 114(1):297-316. neoBLUE Products. The most common treatment for hyperbilirubemia is phototherapy. The absorption of light through the skin converts unconjugated bilirubin and promotes the excretion in the stool and urine (Muchowski, 2014). The AAP (2004) has published guidelines for phototherapy in hospitalized term and near-term newborns. AAP Issues Guidelines on Neonate Phototherapy The American Academy of Pediatrics provides recommendations aimed to standardize phototherapy practices for the treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns. Petia Gatzeva-Topalova, PhD September 26, 2011 - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a technical report Neonatal Jaundice 1 Date Updated: October 2014 . Guidelines Reviewed: 1. Seattle Children's Hospital Neonatal Jaundice Pathway v.2 2. NICE guideline, 2010 3. AAP Guideline 2004: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or Using 70% of AAP phototherapy level as a positive 2004 AAP guidelines AAP Guidelines for Initiating Phototherapy Use TSB, Gestational Age and Various Risk Factors 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 Total Serum Bilirubin The updated 2004 AAP guidelines attempt to address these questions and recommend, by consensus, a systems approach which, if of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published 1963-72 17 1.7 + 0.8 Phototherapy introduced 1973-82 1 0.9 0 ification as well as phototherapy recommendations. The 2004 AAP guidelines do not provide specific recom-mendations for e