Neonatal jaundice risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Risk Factors

Common risk factors

• Common risk factors for neonatal jaundice include the following:

Maternal risk factors	Neonatal risk factors
Asian race Usage of oxytocin during labor Exclusive breastfeeding Herbal drug during pregnancy Prolonged labor	Family history of siblings received phototherapy Developing jaundice in the first 24 hours of delivery is an indicator of severe hyperbilirubinemia ABO blood group incompatibility Preterm neonates Cephalohematoma

Less common risk factors

• Less common risk factors for neonatal jaundice include the following:
  • Maternal age more than 25 years
  • Siblings with jaundice
  • Predischarge total bilirubin in the intermediate high risk zone
  • Male neonates
  • Black race neonates