Epidemiology 340

Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia 340

Specific conditions 342

Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia 343

Idiopathic neonatal hepatitis 347

• 30–50% of normal term newborns are jaundiced after birth.

• Physiological and breast milk jaundice account for the majority of cases.

• 1 in 2500 infants has conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia....