This calculator is based on the formula published in A Clinical Prediction Rule for Rebound Hyperbilirubinemia Following Inpatient Phototherapy, Pearl W. Chang, et al. Pediatrics Feb 2017
The formula calculates a score utilising the current SBR and it's relation to the AAP 2004 guidelines on phototherapy.
The code for the calculator is available freely here.
For any further information or requests feel free to contact me on email.
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Subcommittee on Hyperbilirubinemia. Management of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation. Pediatrics. 2004;114(1):297–316
- Chang PW, Kuzniewicz MW, McCulloch CE, Newman TB. A clinical prediction rule for rebound hyperbilirubinemia following inpatient phototherapy. Pediatrics. 2017;139(3):e20162896