Table 1

Causes and comorbidities of severe hyperbilirubinaemia

AetiologyNumber of infants (n=31)
ABOincompatibility17 (54.8%)
Rhesus incompatibility (including subgroup)5 (16.1%)
Other antibody incompatibility2 (6.5%)
Haematoma3 (9.7%)
Infection2 (6.5%)
Feto-fetal transfusion syndrome1 (3.2%)
Spherocytosis1 (3.2%)