What Is The Normal Serum Bilirubin Range In An Infant?

Posted on Thu, 8 Dec 2016

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Question : My daughter has a 3.5 week old baby girl who is breastfed. I noticed last night she has jaundice in face. She does not really look jaundiced anywhere else and eyes look okay. If she goes for a serum bilirubin, what is the normal level for a baby this age?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It should be around 5-10mg/dL

Detailed Answer:
Hi...the normal Serum bilirubin in a 1 month old baby should be around 5-10mg/dL.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar