Bibliographic Info
GuidelineRecommendations for management of common childhood conditions : evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations : newborn conditions, dysentery, pneumonia, oxygen use and delivery, common causes of fever, severe acute malnutrition and supportive care
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
(Term and preterm newbors with hyperbilirubinaemia) Phototherapy should be stopped once serum bilirubin is 50 mmol/l (3 mg/dl) or below the phototherapy threshold