Serum bilirubin levels in neonates and children from Basrah

Serum bilirubin levels were estimated in normal healthy newborns [199]; full term babies [70] aged between 24 and 120 hours and 199 children aged between 1 month and 15 years. The mean [and standard deviation] of cord blood serum bilirubin was 1.3 [0.54] mg/dL. Serum bilirubin from full term babies and children was 4.68 [2.0] mg/dL and 0.71 [0.34] mg/dL respectively. There was no significant differences between males and females in all age groups, except in full term babies at the fifth day of life [p = 0.01]. These data could be used as initial values for the concentration of serum total bilirubin in Iraqi newborns, infants and children