Phototherapy is contraindicated in infants with porphyria or those on photosensitizing
drugs.
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Well newborns at ≥ 36 weeks’ gestation with a birth weight of ≥ 2000 grams OR
≥ 35 weeks’ gestation with birth weight ≥ 2500 grams
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serum bilirubin for subsequent snewborns. Reproduced with permission from ignificant hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term and nearPediatrics, Vol. 114, Page 301, Copyright © 2004 -term
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