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Increasing incidence of moderate neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia in Wirral
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- bilirubin encephalopathy
- British Paediatric Surveillance Unit
- community management
- early discharge
- jaundice
Severe neonatal jaundice and bilirubin encephalopathy have been reported with increasing frequency from North America and Europe.1–3 There are no published reports of similar trends in Britain. We therefore examined trends in moderate neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia in Wirral Hospital between 1991 and 2001. Neonates …