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My newborn niece of 11 days has 14.1 bilirubin. Is this serious, should we keep him in nicu? Please assist.
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No such. Please mention report.. increase direct bilirubin or indirect bilirubin
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Not as such But needs test for the reason And follow up after 2 days
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